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BOSS_TARGET1: BOSS survey primary target selection flags

Bit name Binary digit Description
GAL_LOZ 0 low-z lrgs
GAL_CMASS 1 dperp > 0.55, color-mag cut
GAL_CMASS_COMM 2 dperp > 0.55, commissioning color-mag cut
GAL_CMASS_SPARSE 3 GAL_CMASS_COMM & (!GAL_CMASS) & (i < 19.9) sparsely sampled
GAL_LODPERP_DEPRECATED 5 (DEPRECATED) Same as hiz but between dperp00 and dperp0
SDSS_KNOWN 6 Matches a known SDSS spectra
GAL_CMASS_ALL 7 GAL_CMASS and the entire sparsely sampled region
GAL_IFIBER2_FAINT 8 ifiber2 > 21.5, extinction corrected. Used after Nov 2010
QSO_CORE 10 restrictive qso selection: commissioning only
QSO_BONUS 11 permissive qso selection: commissioning only
QSO_KNOWN_MIDZ 12 known qso between [2.2,9.99]
QSO_KNOWN_LOHIZ 13 known qso outside of miz range. never target
QSO_NN 14 Neural Net that match to sweeps/pass cuts
QSO_UKIDSS 15 UKIDSS stars that match sweeps/pass flag cuts
QSO_KDE_COADD 16 kde targets from the stripe82 coadd
QSO_LIKE 17 likelihood method
QSO_FIRST_BOSS 18 FIRST radio match
QSO_KDE 19 selected by kde+chi2
STD_FSTAR 20 standard f-stars
STD_WD 21 white dwarfs
STD_QSO 22 qso
TEMPLATE_GAL_PHOTO 32 galaxy templates
TEMPLATE_QSO_SDSS1 33 QSO templates
TEMPLATE_STAR_PHOTO 34 stellar templates
TEMPLATE_STAR_SPECTRO 35 stellar templates (spectroscopically known)
QSO_CORE_MAIN 40 Main survey core sample
QSO_BONUS_MAIN 41 Main survey bonus sample
QSO_CORE_ED 42 Extreme Deconvolution in Core
QSO_CORE_LIKE 43 Likelihood that make it into core
QSO_KNOWN_SUPPZ 44 known qso between [1.8,2.15]