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COROT started its science mission

9 February 2007

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Full view of a stellar field gathered by the COROT 'exochannel' (the channel to look for exoplanets) in the night between 31 January and 1 February 2007. The white stars visible as a vertical bar are too bright to be observed by COROT, as they saturate the camera sensors (CCDs).

Credits: CNES

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About 50 stars seen by COROT's 'exo-channel' (the channel to look for exoplanets) in the night between 31 January and 1 February 2007. The image covers a field 0,25° x 0,25° across. The only objects that can be studied by COROT are those appearing as white in this image.

Credits: CNES

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This image, gathered by COROT's 'exo-channel' (the channel to look for exoplanets) in the night between 31 January and 1 February 2007, shows three star candidates that will be studied by COROT in detail.

The larger the stellar 'spots' are, the higher is the temperature of the star's surface.

Credits: CNES

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This animation, composed by images gathered by COROT's 'exo-channel' (the channel to look for exoplanets) in the night between 31 January and 1 February 2007, shows three star candidates that will be studied by COROT in detail. The larger are the star 'spots', the higher is the temperature of the star’s surface.

Credits: CNES

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