What is NStED?

NStED is the NASA/IPAC/MSC Star and Exoplanet Database and is a general purpose stellar and exoplanet archive to support NASA's planet finding and characterization activities.

The NStED Charter

• Curate scientific data related to exoplanets and potential host stars
• Facilitate scientific exploitation of these data sets
• Support target selection and science planning for future exoplanet observations

The NStED Services

Stellar Services

• Data related to 140,000 bright nearby stars
• All known planet-hosting stars
• Query for individual stars or by stellar/planetary parameters
• Images and spectra

Exoplanet Services

• Data related to known exoplanets
• Time series photometric data on known transiting exoplanets
• Radial velocity data of exoplanet hosting stars
• Dedicated interface related to exo-planet transit surveys

All data in NStED are vetted by a team of astronomers and are linked back to the original literature reference.

Acknowledging NStED in publications

Please include the following standard acknowledgment in any published material that makes use of NStED's Services.

"This research has made use of the NASA/IPAC/MSC Star and Exoplanet Database, which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration."