Ecliptic Plane Input Catalog

The Ecliptic Plane Input Catalog (or EPIC) is a publicly searchable database of stars and planets that is associated with the K2 "Second Light" plan of the Kepler space telescope mission.^[1][2][3] Examples of related stars include: EPIC 201563164, EPIC 204278916, EPIC 204376071 and EPIC 249706694. Examples of related planets include: EPIC 203771098 b, EPIC 203771098 c, EPIC 206011691 c and EPIC 211945201 b.

The Kepler space telescope (artist concept)

Overview

Main article: Kepler space telescope § Second Light (K2)

In November 2013, a new mission plan named K2 "Second Light" was presented for consideration.^[4][5][6][7] K2 would involve using Kepler's remaining capability, photometric precision of about 300 parts per million, compared with about 20 parts per million earlier, to collect data for the study of "supernova explosions, star formation and Solar-System bodies such as asteroids and comets, ... " and for finding and studying more exoplanets.^[4][5][7] In this proposed mission plan, Kepler would search a much larger area in the plane of Earth's orbit around the Sun.^[4][5][7]

See also

• Henry Draper Catalogue
• Kepler object of interest (KOI)
• Hubble Guide Star Catalog
• List of exoplanets observed during Kepler's K2 mission
• List of stars that have unusual dimming periods
• Star catalogue

References

1. Staff (2019). "SIMBAD basic query result - info cati EPIC". SIMBAD. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
2. Staff (2019). "SIMBAD - Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects - EPIC (Ecliptic Plane Input Catalog)". SIMBAD. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
3. Huber, Daniel; Bryson, Stephen T.; Haas, Michael R.; Barclay, Thomas; Barentsen, Geert; Howell, Steve B.; Sharma, Sanjib; Stello, Dennis; Thompson, Susan E. (2016). "Thek2Ecliptic Plane Input Catalog (EPIC) and Stellar Classifications of 138,600 Targets in Campaigns 1–8". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 224 (1): 2. arXiv:1512.02643. Bibcode:2016ApJS..224....2H. doi:10.3847/0067-0049/224/1/2. S2CID 118621218.
4. Johnson, Michele (25 November 2013). Johnson, Michele (ed.). "A Sunny Outlook for NASA Kepler's Second Light". NASA Official: Brian Dunbar; Image credits: NASA Ames; NASA Ames/W Stenzel. NASA. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
5. Johnson, Michele (11 December 2013). Johnson, Michele (ed.). "Kepler's Second Light: How K2 Will Work". NASA Official: Brian Dunbar; Image credit: NASA Ames/W Stenzel. NASA. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
6. Hunter, Roger (11 December 2013). Johnson, Michele (ed.). "Kepler Mission Manager Update: Invited to 2014 Senior Review". NASA Official: Brian Dunbar. NASA. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
7. Wall, Mike (5 November 2013). "NASA's Hobbled Planet-Hunting Spacecraft May Resume Search for Alien Worlds". Space.com. Image credit: NASA. TechMediaNetwork. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.

External links

• EPIC Catalog at MAST
• Kepler Input Catalog (SAO)
• K2: Extending Kepler's Power to the Ecliptic