Can Kepler be pointed to observe another region of the sky?
No. The Kepler field of view (FOV) is centered on the sky position RA = 19h22m40s and Dec +44o30’00”. This pointing will not be altered during the course of the mission. • Are there other sources of public information that describe photometric or spectroscopic observations of objects in the Kepler field? Readers should consult the Related Sites page. We expect this list of links to grow with the mission as ground-based exoplanet hunters post their results. • What are the spatial properties of a point source on the Kepler focal plane? The focal plane scale of the instrument is about 3.98 arcsec/pixel. Although Kepler is not meant to be an imaging instrument, each detector module has been focused independently. Some changes in focus and image quality are possible during the mission lifetime. According to the Kepler Instrument Manual, the goal is for 95% of the light (“Encircled Energy”) to fall on an area of 7 pixels or less, and the latest information from the project indicates that the
