Kepler Input Catalog

Published by MAST: Mikulski Archive at Space Telescope | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Metadata Last Checked: September 14, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-09-10

The KIC, or Kepler Input Catalog, is the primary source of information about objects observed as part of the ground-based Kepler Spectral Classification Program (SCP) in preparation for the selection of Kepler PI and GO targets. The KIC lists objects down to 21st magnitude, but it is not complete to this limit. Light from only about 1/3 of these 14 million objects falls on the Kepler CCD detector. A small number of the KIC objects are calibration objects distributed across the sky.

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Complete Metadata

bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	ivo://archive.stsci.edu/kic10
landingPage	http://archive.stsci.edu/kepler/
programCode	[ "026:000" ]
theme	[ "Astrophysics" ]