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NASA Exoplanet Archive: Exoplanet Transit Survey Kepler Search

The NASA Exoplanet Archive provides access to the public Kepler light curves as they are released to the community. The primary mission archive to all Kepler data is provided by MAST at STScI . The NASA Exoplanet Archive also serves a planetary candidate service.

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A small number of light curves have a few issues which are being addressed.

Retrieve Star Light Curve by ID

The star IDs for the Kepler dataset are formatted as six to eight digit integers.
Examples: 757076, 12984404

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Kepler ID


Search for Star Light Curves by Constraint

Planet Category Constraints

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Planet Category
Not Categorized help Candidate help Confirmed help Confirmed False Positive help Eclipsing Binaries help

Target Type Constraints

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Target Type
Short Cadence help Long Cadence help

Quarter Constraints

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Quarter
Q0 help Q1 help Q2 help Q3 help Q4 help Q5 help Q6 help

Positional Constraints

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Column Description Min Value help Max Value help Equinox Output help Include Stars
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Right Ascension (decimal degrees or sexagesimal) J2000
Declination (decimal degrees or sexagesimal) J2000

Photometric Constraints

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Column Description Min Value help Max Value help Unit Output help Include Stars
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g magnitude magnitude
r magnitude magnitude
i magnitude magnitude
z magnitude magnitude
GRed magnitude magnitude
D51 magnitude magnitude
J magnitude magnitude
H magnitude magnitude
Ks magnitude magnitude
Kepler magnitude magnitude

Time Constraints

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Column Description Min Value help Max Value help Unit Output help Include Stars
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Start Date Coverage (modified Julian date) days
End Date Coverage (modified Julian date) days

Stellar Property Constraints

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Column Description Min Value help Max Value help Unit Output help Include Stars
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E(B-V) magnitude
g-r Color magnitude
J-Ks Color magnitude
g-Ks Color magnitude
Effective Temperature Kelvin
Surface Gravity dex in cgs
Metallicity dex
Radius Solar Radii
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