The first version of the K2 Handbook has been released and is available in PDF format via the K2 Documents page at MAST. The K2 handbook describes:
- Operation of the spacecraft in K2 compared to Kepler.
- How K2 targets are selected and apertures chosen.
- How the data is processed by the Kepler pipeline and archived.
- Data quality and characteristics for campaigns processed to-date.
- Publicly available engineering data.
Both novice and experienced users of K2 data are encouraged to read the handbook.