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Full Focal Plane Image - Inverted

Zooming In

TrES-2

NGC6791

2 Modules

Kepler Field of View Chart

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First Light Images for Kepler Photometer—2009 April 8
The images below, the first captured by Kepler telescope, show its full field of view in the constellations Cygnus and Lyra—about 100 square degrees (twice the size of the dipper in the Big Dipper). The 42 CCDs in the Kepler photometer/camera are arranged in pairs in a square arrangement (minus the corners).

Kepler Field of View - chart

Kepler Field of View
Star Chart

Tres-3 from Kepler first light images

Tres-2 from Kepler first light image

Kepler first light images from two CCD modules

Kepler first light images from two CCD modules


 

Optical Path for the Kepler Photometer

Image credits: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech
Star chart: Software Bisque
Animation by Dana Berry

 



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