The K2 Ecliptic Plane Input Catalog (EPIC) and Stellar Classifications of 138,600 Targets in Campaigns 1-8

@article{Huber2015TheKE,
  title={The K2 Ecliptic Plane Input Catalog (EPIC) and Stellar Classifications of 138,600 Targets in Campaigns 1-8},
  author={Daniel Huber and Stephen T. Bryson and Michael R. Haas and Thomas Barclay and Geert Barentsen and Steve B. Howell and Sanjib Sharma and Dennis Stello and S. Thompson},
  journal={arXiv: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics},
  year={2015}
}
The K2 Mission uses the Kepler spacecraft to obtain high-precision photometry over ~80 day campaigns in the ecliptic plane. The Ecliptic Plane Input Catalog (EPIC) provides coordinates, photometry and kinematics based on a federation of all-sky catalogs to support target selection and target management for the K2 mission. We describe the construction of the EPIC, as well as modifications and shortcomings of the catalog. Kepler magnitudes (Kp) are shown to be accurate to ~0.1 mag for the Kepler… 
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