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Todd KlausLead EngineerKepler Science Operations Center, NASA AmesFrom the Backyard to Space -Parallels Between the Kepler Missionand the Backyard AstrophotographerRecently launched in March 2009, the Kepler Space Telescope is on amission to search for Earth-size exo-planets in the habitable zone ofdistant stars using the photometric transit method. Kepler contains thelargest camera to ever fly in space, consisting of 42 CCDs for a total ofnearly 95 mega-pixels!Despite the complexity of Kepler, there are many similarities between howKepler collects and processes data and the work flow of the backyard astrophotographer.Todd will discuss how data are collected on board the spacecraft and how thesedata are processed on the ground, including pixel-level calibration and photometryand how these processes compare to ground-based imaging. He willalso touch on the great science and unprecedented precision coming from theKepler Mission.Todd will discuss how data are collected on board the spacecraft and how thesedata are processed on the ground, including pixel-level calibration and photometryand how these processes compare to ground-based imaging. He willalso touch on the great science and unprecedented precision coming from theKepler Mission.Todd Klaus is the lead engineer for the Kepler Science Operations Center atNASA Ames Research Center. Todd has been with the Kepler mission since2005, where he designed the pipeline infrastructure software used for theground processing of the Kepler data. When his two small children allow it, healso likes to spend time in his backyard observatory where he dabbles in photometryusing an 12.5" RCOS and an SBIG ST-10XME.Kepler Spacecraft and PhotometerAdvanced Imaging Conference October 22-24, 2010 Santa Clara, California http://www.aicccd.com Page 21
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