Will the Kepler Project provide real data for proposers to play with?
The Kepler Project has released to the public the light curve data for a number of targets observed during Quarters 0, 1 and 2. See the dropped target list for a list of pubicly available targets. Notice that clicking on the “Kepler ID” link will display results from the Target Search interface, giving attributes of the target where clicking on “Release Date” will give results from the Data Search interface and links to a data file for one more datafile. All users are free to download data for these targets. As also noted elsewhere, addition the release of key project data for Quarter 1 is scheduled for release on June 15, 2010. Publication of any research resulting from these data must have proper attribution and follow the MAST data use policy. Information from the GO office takes precedence over this response. • Are all objects in the Kepler field available for proposing in the current GO cycle? According to a the revised Project policies, dated Dec. 18, 2009, all objects in the Kep
