Tutorial: Using other official data products

ojhall94 commented 4 years ago

This notebook will form part of the series: Getting started with Kepler and K2 data products.

In this notebook, we will focus on using and understanding official data products other than flux.

Learning goals

What data products are available?
What are the benefits of these data?
Learn how to access and use these data for science.

ojhall94 commented 4 years ago

I haven't used these products before, so I welcome pointers on how auxiliary data might have been useful in other peoples science :)

barentsen commented 4 years ago

An overview of other official data products is available at http://archive.stsci.edu/kepler/data_products.html . The page also provides useful literature reference.

Example use cases could include:

Using Cotrending Basis Vectors Files to investigate systematics shared across targets.
Using Ancillary Engineering FITS Files to access spacecraft telemetry (e.g. show that temperature correlates with PSF width).
Using Collateral Files to access black/smear levels (useful to measure very bright stars).
Using the SPICE kernel to obtain the Kepler spacecraft position.
Using Kepler's PRF model.
Plotting Kepler's Flat Field.
Accessing high-cadence light curves obtained by the Fine Guidance Sensors.

I don't think any of these data products are particularly important for beginners, so it doesn't seem like a high priority to explain them with detailed notebooks. However it may be fun to provide a whirlwind tour of some lesser-known data products, perhaps using 2-3 cells to show how to open and plot them.

ojhall94 commented 4 years ago

However it may be fun to provide a whirlwind tour of some lesser-known data products, perhaps using 2-3 cells to show how to open and plot them.

This is what I had in mind too. Awesome, thanks! I'll have a play around with the data and see if a nice format falls out.

ojhall94 commented 4 years ago

I've been having a swing at this but finding it difficult to piece together and making very slow progress. Going to park it for now and maybe some of us can have a go at it together further down the line.

barentsen commented 4 years ago

It looks like we won't complete this particular tutorial before the end of the project, so I am closing the issue for now. It was worth trying! :+1:

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