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K2 Mission Data

astronomy

Description

The K2 mission observed 100 square degrees for 80 days each across 20 different pointings along the ecliptic, collecting high-precision photometry for a selection of targets within each field. The mission began when the original Kepler mission ended due to loss of the second reaction wheel in 2013.

Update Frequency

Never

License

Public domain. Attribution required for refereed scientific papers.

Documentation

https://archive.stsci.edu/missions-and-data/k2

Managed By

See all datasets managed by Space Telescope Science Institute.

Contact

archive@stsci.edu

How to Cite

K2 Mission Data was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/k2. Please see the Kepler/K2 acknowledgement page for full citation instructions.

Resources on AWS

  • Description
    K2 Mission data files
    Resource type
    S3 Bucket
    Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
    arn:aws:s3:::stpubdata/k2
    AWS Region
    us-east-1
    AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
    aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://stpubdata/k2/

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