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Kepler Data Products
(Updated February 15, 2018)
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The tables below describe the Kepler data products and catalogs available
from MAST and how to access them.
Files and catalogs listed as online can be downloaded from the browser
at https://archive.stsci.edu/missions/kepler
or ftp via anonymous to archive.stsci.edu and
cd to /pub/kepler/. Other files can be requested from DADS via the
listed search interfaces.
Click on the listed document link, or refer to the Archive Manual for more information. |
- File Type - Many of the Kepler data products are assigned an archive class which is listed here. If a class is not assigned, a common name is given.
- Description - Brief description of data product.
- How to Download - This is a link to a page with more information on how to retrieve the data.
- Online - Online files are files that can be downloaded directly from the browser or via FTP. Files not online must be requested from the Data Archive and Distribution Service (DADS) in a batch request submitted from one of several search interfaces, or the catalog is not available for download.
- Document - Source for further information.
- Updates/Release - This column gives users an idea of how often
files were received or updated, and the data release of the current holdings.
- Notes
- This is the latest but still beta version of the Kepler Data Products page.
- Data Release 25 will involve a reprocessing of all Q0 - Q17 data and will begin this fall.
Data Products:
| File Type | Description | How to Download | Online | Document | Updates/ Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPL,TPS | Long and short cadence Target Pixel Files | see download options | Yes |
Archive Manual (section 2.3.2)
and Data Release Notes |
Each quarter DR25 |
| CLC,CLS | Long & short cadence light curves | see download options and list of missing files | Yes |
Archive Manual (section 2.3.1)
and Data Release Notes |
Each quarter DR25 |
| DVTS | Data Validation Time Series Files | see downloadable catalogs | Yes | NExScI's Data Validation documentation | Project delivered in June, 2016 DR25 |
| FFIs | Full Frame Images (original, calibrated & uncertainty files) | see Ancillary Files or FFI+ search | Yes | Archive Manual (section 2.3.3) | Usually three per quarter DR25 |
| CBVs | Cotrending Basis Vectors Files | see Ancillary Files | Yes | Archive Manual (section 2.3.4) | Each quarter DR25 |
| FPCs | Focal Plane Characteristics | see Focal Plane Characteristics page | Yes | Archive Manual (section 2.3.5) | most files delivered by project March 23rd, 2016 DR25 |
| PRF/FPG Data | Pixel Response Function and Focal Plane Geometry Data | see Commissioning Data | Yes | KSCI-19100-001 Document | Collected once during commissioning, received March 14th, 2017 |
| FGS | Fine Guidance Sensor Data | see Ancillary Files | Yes | KSCI-19112-001 Document | collected throughout mission, received May 1, 2017 |
| ARP | Artifact Removal Pixel Files | see FFI+ search | No | Archive Manual (section 2.3.8) | Typically 1 for each channel each quarter |
| BKG | Background Pixel Files | see FFI+ search | No | Archive Manual (section 2.3.6) | 1 for every channel each quarter |
| CLL,CLS | Long and Short Cadence Collateral Files | see FFI+ search | No | Archive Manual (section 2.3.7) | 1-3 sets for each channel each quarter |
| RVC | Reverse Clock Files | see FFI+ search | No | Archive Manual (section 2.3.9) | Sporatically, 291 files received |
| ENG | Ancillary Engineering FITS Files | see FFI+ search | No | Archive Manual (section 2.3.10) | Produced at STScI during DMC monthly processing |
| Raw Cadence Data | Raw Cadence Data and PMRFs | see Ancillary Files | Yes | see Format Information on Cadence Pixel Files | Received last files February 14, 2018 |
| SPICE Files | Latest SPICE kernels (bsp & tsc binary files) | see Ancillary Files | Yes | SPICE Tutorials | Received every couple of weeks |
| Simulated Light Curves | Artificial Light Curves for testing | see Online Files | Yes | NExScI's Simulated Data page | downloaded from NExScI, Oct. 2017 |
Catalogs:
| File Type | Description | How to download/search | Online | Document | Updates/ Release |
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| KIC | Kepler Input Catalog | see KIC search and downloadable catalogs | Yes | Kepler Input Catalog paper | Completed before launch |
| KIC_CT | KIC joined with Characteristics Table | See downloadable catalogs | Yes | Kepler Input Catalog paper | Last update June, 2013 |
| Q1-Q16 Stellar Parameters | Revised Stellar Parameters of Kepler Targets | see Stellar16 Search | No | Stellar Properties of Kepler Targets Quarters 1-16 paper | Downloaded from NExScI as available |
| Q1-Q17 Stellar Parameters | Revised Stellar Parameters of Kepler Targets | see Stellar17 Search | No | Stellar Properties of Kepler Targets Quarters 1-17 document | Downloaded from NExScI as available DR25 |
| KOI Table | Kepler Objects of Interest | see KOI Search and downloadable catalogs | Yes | See NExScI's Purpose of KOI tables page | Downloaded from NExScI as available |
| KGMatch | Kepler/GALEX Cross Match Catalog | see KG Cross Match Search and downloadable catalogs | Yes | README_KGMATCH | produced by MAST staff, 2013 |
| FPWG Tables | False Positive Working Group Tables | see downloadable catalogs | Yes | see references in README_FP file | Downloaded from NExScI as available |
| Proposal Abstracts | Table of Guest Observer programs | see Abstract Search | No | see Help | All were provided by project March, 2016 |
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