The Kepler Guest Observer Program

Details The Kepler Guest Observer Program The Kepler Guest Observer Program

Feb 2010

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American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #11, #40.25

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The Kepler spacecraft, launched on Mar 6, 2009, monitors 150,000+ stars with continuous 1 minute or 30 minute temporal sampling. Kepler's primary science objective is terrestrial exoplanet detection within habitable zones. The 115 square degree field of view is located within the Cygnus-Lyra region and will be continuously monitored throughout the full mission. The community have opportunities to both develop high-energy related observing programs and mine a rich data archive. The Kepler Guest Observer Office is dedicated to the service of the broad science community, with a charter to promote the exploitation of Kepler data and broaden the scientific impact of this mission. Justifiable targets as bright as R = 5 and as faint as R = 20 will be considered for Guest Observer use. The one instrumental bandpass is broad, from 4,200 to 9,000 Angstroms and the point spread function is approximately 6 arc seconds (FWHM). With a baseline mission of 3.5 years and an option for an additional 2 year extension, the resulting data archive will provide a unique combination of photometric precision, duration, contiguity and source volume.

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