Kepler Input Catalog Format

Byte-by-byte Description of each file kic/*.dat

   Bytes Format Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  8  I8    ---     KIC      [1,13161029] KIC identifier (running
number)
  10- 19  F10.6 deg     RAdeg    Right Ascension (J2000)
  20- 29  F10.6 deg     DEdeg    Declination (J2000)
  31- 38  F8.1  mas/yr  pmRA     ? Proper motion along RA (with
cos(Dec) factor)
  40- 47  F8.1  mas/yr  pmDE     ? Proper motion along Declination
  49- 56  F8.2  mas     Plx      ? Trigonometric parallax
  58- 63  F6.3  mag     umag     ? Estimated magnitude in SDSS-u band
  65- 70  F6.3  mag     gmag     ? Estimated magnitude in SDSS-g band
  72- 77  F6.3  mag     rmag     ? Estimated magnitude in SDSS-r band
  79- 84  F6.3  mag     imag     ? Estimated magnitude in SDSS-i band
  86- 91  F6.3  mag     zmag     ? Estimated magnitude in SDSS-z band
  93- 98  F6.3  mag     grmag    ? Estimated magnitude in GRed band
 100-105  F6.3  mag     d51mag   ? Estimated magnitude in DDO-51
                                   intermediate-band filter
 107-112  F6.3  mag     Jmag     ? Magnitude in 2MASS J band
 114-119  F6.3  mag     Hmag     ? Magnitude in 2MASS H band
 121-126  F6.3  mag     Kmag     ? Magnitude in 2MASS K band
 128-133  F6.3  mag     kepmag   ? Estimated magnitude in Kepler band
 135-144  I10   ---     2Mkey    ? 2MASS Cntr identification (Cat.
II/246)
 146-163  A18   ---     2Mname   2MASS-PSC name (Jhhmmssff+ddmmssf)
 165-174  I10   ---     SCP-ID   ? Unique SCP processing identification
number
 176-185  I10   ---     SCPkey   ? Unique integer key to SCPKEY
database
 187-194  I8    ---     catkey   ? Unique integer key to CATKEY
database
 196-197  I2    ---     alc      Alternative catalog identification (1)
 199-208  I10   ---     altID    ? Identification in alc (a running
number,
                                   not the identification assigned in
alc)
     210  I1    ---     sg       [0,1] flags galaxy(1)/star(0) class
     212  I1    ---     v        [0,1] flag variable (1)
 214-218  A5    ---     cq       Origin of Kepler magnitude (2)
     220  I1    ---     pq       [0/8] number of optical band values
(0/8)
     222  I1    ---     aq       [0,6] Number of astrophysical
parameters
     224  I1    ---     fv       [0,2] outside (0) or inside (1,2)
Kepler field
                                       of view (2 = Kepler Target)
 227-231  I5    K       Teff     ? Estimated effective temperature
 233-238  F6.3  [cm/s2] logg     ? Estimated log(surface gravity)
 240-245  F6.3  [Sun]   [Fe/H]   ? Estimated metallicity (dex)
 247-252  F6.3  mag     E(B-V)   ? Estimated color excess
 254-259  F6.3  mag     Av       ? Estimated absorption in the V band
 261-266  F6.2  solRad  R*       ? Estimated star radius
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Note (1): the catalog number is as follows:
      1 = HIP (Hipparcos, Cat. I/239, I/311)
      2 = Tycho2 (Cat. I/259)
      3 = UCAC2 (Cat. I/289)
      4 = GCVS (see Cat. B/gcvs)
      5 = NLTT (see Cat. J/ApJ/582/1011)
     11 = NED (NASA Extragalacitc Database)
     12 = 2MASX (Cat. VII/233)
     13 = FIRST (Cat. VIII/71)
     14 = NVSS (Cat. VIII/65)
     15 = VLBA (http://www.vlba.nrao.edu/)
     16 = Chandra (see Cat. B/chandra)
Note (2): indicates the source of the Kepler-band photometry, as
follows:
  NOCAL = no calibration o Kepler-band magnitude was possible
  2MASS = object found only in 2MASS catalog with no optical
counterpart
  UNCAL = no calibration, kepmag was copied from a single photometric
          value from the parent catalog; the possible error could be
>1mag
  PHOTO = Kepler-band magnitude from photographic surveys;
          the error could be >0.3mag
  TYBV  = Kepler-band magnitude from Tycho-2 catalog (I/259)
  SCP   = photometry from the SDSS; the uncertainty is about 0.03mag.