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HAT P7b Light Curves

HAT P7b Light Curves-Magnified

Zooming in on Kepler's Field of View

This image from NASA's Kepler mission shows the telescope's full field of view.

Kepler Eyes Cluster and Known Planet

This image from NASA's Kepler mission shows the telescope's full field of view -- an expansive star-rich patch of sky in the constellations Cygnus and Lyra stretching across 100 square degrees.

Host to 'Hot Jupiter'

This image zooms into a small portion of Kepler's full field of view -- an expansive, 100-square-degree patch of sky in our Milky Way galaxy.

Host to 'Hot Jupiter' (labeled)

This image zooms into a small portion of Kepler's full field of view -- an expansive, 100-square-degree patch of sky in our Milky Way galaxy.

Cluster of Stars in Kepler's Sight

This image zooms into a small portion of Kepler's full field of view -- an expansive, 100-square-degree patch of sky in our Milky Way galaxy.

Kepler's Diamond Mine of Stars

This image from NASA's Kepler mission shows the telescope's full field of view -- an expansive star-rich patch of sky in the constellations Cygnus and Lyra stretching across 100 square degrees.

Where Kepler Sees

This star chart illustrates the large patch of sky that NASA's Kepler mission will stare at for the duration of its three-and-a-half-year lifetime.

Kepler Mission Star Field

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. Each rectangle indicates...

Kepler Solar Array Assembly

View of the backside of the solar array on the left. The spacecraft and photometer without the sunshade are shown on the right. Credit: NASA and Ball Aerospace

Kepler Primary Mirror

Inspection of the primary mirror honeycomb structure. The mirror has been 86% light weighted. That is it only weighs 14% (1/7) that of a solid mirror of the same dimensions. The mirror blank was made ...