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383:Measurement instrument
109:Charge-coupled device
73:Antikythera mechanism
378:Surveying instrument
373:Outline of astronomy
226:Optical spectrometer
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244:Photometer
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368:Astronomy
342:Torquetum
336:Telescope
300:Starshade
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139:Cosmolabe
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324:Sundial
291:Sextant
268:Reticle
145:Dioptra
43:Alidade
285:Scaphe
232:Orrery
220:Octant
163:Gnomon
416:Stars
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