Infrared telescope

Infrared telescope - telescope that uses infrared light to detect celestial bodies. Article “Infrared telescope” in Simple English Wikipedia has 21.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 3 references and 1 sections.

This article has the best quality in French Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Infrared telescope”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 126 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 19 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 484 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #2096 in January 2015
• Global: #66048 in February 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #25199 in August 2018
• Global: #420289 in February 2013

There are 14 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	French (fr) Télescope infrarouge		54.981
2	Chinese (zh) 红外线望远镜		32.2297
3	Turkish (tr) Kızılötesi teleskop		26.6148
4	Catalan (ca) Telescopi d'infraroig		26.1846
5	English (en) Infrared telescope		25.0666
6	Tamil (ta) அகச்சிவப்பு தொலைநோக்கி		24.1354
7	Simple English (simple) Infrared telescope		21.7875
8	Arabic (ar) مقراب الأشعة تحت الحمراء		19.7491
9	Indonesian (id) Teleskop inframerah		14.9111
10	Korean (ko) 적외선망원경		14.7504

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Infrared telescope" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Infrared telescope		327 677
2	French (fr) Télescope infrarouge		11 929
3	Chinese (zh) 红外线望远镜		11 356
4	Romanian (ro) Telescop cu raze infraroșii		10 887
5	Arabic (ar) مقراب الأشعة تحت الحمراء		7 042
6	Korean (ko) 적외선망원경		7 042
7	Indonesian (id) Teleskop inframerah		6 897
8	Turkish (tr) Kızılötesi teleskop		5 539
9	Simple English (simple) Infrared telescope		3 325
10	Persian (fa) تلسکوپ فروسرخ		2 751

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Infrared telescope" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Infrared telescope		555
2	Chinese (zh) 红外线望远镜		116
3	French (fr) Télescope infrarouge		37
4	Persian (fa) تلسکوپ فروسرخ		17
5	Romanian (ro) Telescop cu raze infraroșii		17
6	Turkish (tr) Kızılötesi teleskop		17
7	Portuguese (pt) Telescópio infravermelho		16
8	Catalan (ca) Telescopi d'infraroig		12
9	Korean (ko) 적외선망원경		12
10	Simple English (simple) Infrared telescope		12

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Infrared telescope" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Infrared telescope		60
2	French (fr) Télescope infrarouge		15
3	Chinese (zh) 红外线望远镜		8
4	Indonesian (id) Teleskop inframerah		6
5	Tamil (ta) அகச்சிவப்பு தொலைநோக்கி		6
6	Korean (ko) 적외선망원경		5
7	Romanian (ro) Telescop cu raze infraroșii		5
8	Arabic (ar) مقراب الأشعة تحت الحمراء		4
9	Portuguese (pt) Telescópio infravermelho		4
10	Catalan (ca) Telescopi d'infraroig		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Infrared telescope" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) مقراب الأشعة تحت الحمراء		0
2	Catalan (ca) Telescopi d'infraroig		0
3	English (en) Infrared telescope		0
4	Persian (fa) تلسکوپ فروسرخ		0
5	French (fr) Télescope infrarouge		0
6	Indonesian (id) Teleskop inframerah		0
7	Korean (ko) 적외선망원경		0
8	Norwegian (no) Infrarødt teleskop		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Telescópio infravermelho		0
10	Romanian (ro) Telescop cu raze infraroșii		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Infrared telescope" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Infrared telescope		262
2	Persian (fa) تلسکوپ فروسرخ		93
3	French (fr) Télescope infrarouge		31
4	Simple English (simple) Infrared telescope		19
5	Chinese (zh) 红外线望远镜		15
6	Arabic (ar) مقراب الأشعة تحت الحمراء		13
7	Catalan (ca) Telescopi d'infraroig		12
8	Portuguese (pt) Telescópio infravermelho		11
9	Korean (ko) 적외선망원경		8
10	Romanian (ro) Telescop cu raze infraroșii		7

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مقراب الأشعة تحت الحمراء
ca	Catalan Telescopi d'infraroig
en	English Infrared telescope
fa	Persian تلسکوپ فروسرخ
fr	French Télescope infrarouge
id	Indonesian Teleskop inframerah
ko	Korean 적외선망원경
no	Norwegian Infrarødt teleskop
pt	Portuguese Telescópio infravermelho
ro	Romanian Telescop cu raze infraroșii
simple	Simple English Infrared telescope
ta	Tamil அகச்சிவப்பு தொலைநோக்கி
tr	Turkish Kızılötesi teleskop
zh	Chinese 红外线望远镜

Best Rank

Simple English: #25199 08.2018

Global: #420289 02.2013

Best Rank

Simple English: #2096 01.2015

Global: #66048 02.2022

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