Kepler Input Catalog
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The Kepler Input Catalog (or KIC) is a publicly searchable database
of roughly 13.2 million targets used for the Kepler Spectral Classification Program (SCP) and Kepler.
The Kepler SCP targets were observed by the 2MASS project as well as Sloan filters, such as the griz filters. The catalog alone is not used for finding Kepler targets, because only a portion (about a 1/3 of the catalog) can be observed by the spacecraft. The full catalog includes up to 21 magnitude, giving 13.2 million targets, but of these only about 6.5 to 4.5 million fall on Kepler's sensors.
KIC is one of the few comprehensive star catalogs for a spacecraft's field of view. The KIC was created, because no catalog of sufficient depth and information existed for target selection at that time. The catalog includes "mass, radius, effective temperature, log(g), metallacity, and reddening extinction".
An example of a KIC catalog entry is
, with the designation KOI-730
.
Database
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of roughly 13.2 million targets used for the Kepler Spectral Classification Program (SCP) and Kepler.
The Kepler SCP targets were observed by the 2MASS project as well as Sloan filters, such as the griz filters. The catalog alone is not used for finding Kepler targets, because only a portion (about a 1/3 of the catalog) can be observed by the spacecraft. The full catalog includes up to 21 magnitude, giving 13.2 million targets, but of these only about 6.5 to 4.5 million fall on Kepler's sensors.
KIC is one of the few comprehensive star catalogs for a spacecraft's field of view. The KIC was created, because no catalog of sufficient depth and information existed for target selection at that time. The catalog includes "mass, radius, effective temperature, log(g), metallacity, and reddening extinction".
An example of a KIC catalog entry is
KIC #10227020. Having had transit signals detected for this star, it has become a Kepler Object of InterestKepler Object of Interest
A Kepler Object of Interest is a star observed by the Kepler spacecraft which is suspected of hosting one or more transiting planets. KOIs come from a master list of 150,000 stars which itself is generated from the Kepler Input Catalog . A KOI shows a periodic dimming, indicative of an unseen...
, with the designation KOI-730
KOI-730
KOI-730 is a star with an extrasolar planetary system discovered by the Kepler mission. Preliminary studies indicate that the KOI-730 star system consists of 4 planets orbiting the star.-Unconfirmed planetary system:...
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