Kepler's swansong: Final ever image taken by NASA's ground-breaking telescope revealed - News Summed Up

Kepler's swansong: Final ever image taken by NASA's ground-breaking telescope revealed


AdvertisementThe last image ever taken from NASA's now-dead Kepler telescope captured the full field of view of the iconic telescope. Kepler's swansong came nearly decade after it beamed back its first ever image to NASA headquarters on April 8 2009. Scroll down for videoThe last image (pictured) ever taken from NASA's now-dead Kepler telescope captured the full field of view of the iconic telescope. 'For this final field of view, Kepler's last observation campaign in its extended mission, the telescope was pointed in the direction of the constellation Aquarius,' wrote NASA's Alison Hawkes. After the final field of view image was snapped and beamed back by Kepler it continued other operations before it was retired.


Source: Daily Mail February 07, 2019 17:22 UTC



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