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Kepler Star Wheel

UPDATED 2011 August 22 (with over 60 naked-eye stars with exoplanets)

The Kepler Star Wheels (PDF, 2.23 MB):

Download the Kepler Star Wheels - includes master for photocopy and assembly instructions:

IYA 2009
  • Kepler Star Wheels (PDF, 2.23 MB)
    (version July 2009: updated exoplanet positions, clearer colors, and corrected header in exoplanet list--mass in "Jupiters" instead of "Earths")
  • For a nice set of questions to ask students when using starwheels, see the Using Starmaps (PDF, 644 KB) investigation from the HOU/GSS book A Changing Cosmos.

Two wheels included:

  • one with coordinate grid for plotting additional exoplanet stars
  • one without grid for cleaner simpler look - easier to read

Two holders:

  • one for mid-northerly-latitudes
  • one for higher-northerly latitiudes


people looking at the night sky