The corners of each Kepler CCD module are defined in both ascii and Microsoft Excel tables. Corners are provided in J2000 celestial coordinates for all four seasonal roll rotations.

The Kepler Field of View (FOV) can be viewed within Google Sky using either the Google Sky web interface or the Google Earth software. Both tools provide a visual aid to decide whether individual sources fall upon detector silicon.

WEB INTERFACE INSTRUCTIONS

1. Navigate your web browser to Google Sky.
2. Within the search field type
   http://keplergo.arc.nasa.gov /tools/KeplerFOVseason#.kml where # is an integer corresponding to one of the seasons defined below (1-4).
3. Hit the search button.

GOOGLE EARTH INSTRUCTIONS

1. Download one of the four seasonal Kepler FOV definition files.
   • Mar-Jun (1)
   • Jun-Sep (2)
   • Sep-Dec (3)
   • Dec-Mar (4)
2. Start the Google Earth tool.
3. Switch to Google Sky view.
4. Navigate the file menu and open the downloaded file.
5. The Kepler FOV will now be an item within your Places list.

In both tools described above, source names and celestial coordinates can be magnified upon using the search engine. Users note well that the current FOV file does not include distortions within the telescope optics or the effects of relativistic aberration. The accuracy is good to 4-5 CCD pixels (16-20 arcsec). For a description of the KML (Keyhole Markup Language), see the Google Earth documentation.