You know where we are?  See below - we are far out on a spiral arm (The Orion Spur) of the Milky Way.

Pretty cool. For most students it is the words of the Monty Python song that really brings home the vast size of our Galaxy.

Now let's take a look at the Kepler Field of View (FOV). Just hold up you hand to the stars and that is the area of the Kepler Field of View.  Try to find Cygnus next time you are in a place where the stars are visible. You can see the FOV under the SWAN's wing.




Some of the NASA scientists believe we will find many habitable planets around the 100,000 stars Kepler is focussed on.

We expect to have over 100,000 students in the myKepler project - that averages to about 1 star per student . The good news is that it could be as many as 1 in 20 students will be delighted to find that "their" star has at least 1 habitable planet.

But what will your planet be like. Kepler Mission has provided easy to use computer tools to calculate almost every aspect of your planet.

Two of the world's top scientists have tried to imagine what life might be like on ficticious planets. Flying whales and trees three hundred feet high are just a couple of "imaginings". I think you will agree these are quite wonderful. myKepler students - especially those with artistic talents - will enjoy writing stories or screen plays, designing and developing games or virtual worlds. 

myKepler science students will be explosed not just to Kepler science but to the whole spectrum of projects on the drawing boards at NASA. We expect many of the myKepler students could become members of the next generation of NASA scientists.  

Click on the flying monster in the image below to visit the site and experience these life forms. As myKepler progresses we are hoping students will create their own visions - even creating virtual versions of their own planets. Who knows which student will be the first to invite a "team" to visit their planet and start a colony.