Guest Observers — The Kepler Guest Observer Office administers both annual and quarterly worldwide calls for competitive scientific proposals from the community. 3,000 long-cadence (30-min) targets are available to Guest Observers per 3-month season. Additionally, 25 short-cadence (1-min) targets are available each month. Both long- and short-cadence targets can be observed for a full year each observing cycle. US proposers will be funded annually. The GO Office also supports the Kepler Asteroseismology Science Consortium and public archive users. US archive investigators can also request funding through the annual ADP program.
First Kepler Science Conference —was December 5-9, 2011 and highlighted the full range of scientific results that have emerged from more than two years of Kepler observations, as well as what to expect from continued observations. Sessions/presentations were recorded and archived—see the program schedule page for links to specific talks.
Scientific Publications — Peer reviewed scientific publications are hosted at the Guest Observers website, and cataloged in two categories: exoplanets publications and astrophysics publications. In addition, there are technical publications on the Science Operations Center (data processing) and the spacecraft.
