Sensor

A sensor was a device that scanned, recorded or otherwise observed bodies around it, be it people, stellar bodies or other starships. Sensors were operated by the sciences division aboard starships, and was used to detect details that were not readily visible or otherwise not made apparent by other measuring instruments. They varied in size from hand-held sensors to starbase-sized sensors.

Sensors were usually installed on starships in pallets.

Astrometrics labs were usually built in areas where easy access to long-range sensors was needed. ( et al.)

Types of sensors

 * Subspace highway detector
 * Tricorder