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Here is an image by Carter Roberts of the Eastbay Astronomical Society in Oakland, CA, showing the Milky Way region of the sky where the Kepler spacecraft/ photometer will be pointing. Click on the image to toggle between labeled image & unlabeled image. See also Kepler FOV map.
Kepler Home > In Depth Science > FOV Milky Way
Image of Milky Way in Cygnus Region          Click on image to see Kepler field of view

Milky Way without labels

 

Download a pdf copy of the Kepler FOV map.

Also, see the Guest Observer page for a CCD Pixel Calculator for the FOV

Kepler Home > In Depth Science > FOV Milky Way
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