Definition of the characteristic flags

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1 GAL_LOZ \sep Low redshift luminous red galaxy
2 GAL_CMASS \sep dperp>0.55, color-mag cut
4 GAL_CMASS_COMM \sep dperp > 0.55, commissioning color-mag cut
8 GAL_CMASS_SPARSE \sep GAL_CMASS_COMM & (!GAL_CMASS) & (i<19.9) sparsely sampled
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32 GAL_LODPERP_DEPRECATED \sep (DEPRECATED) Same as hiz but between dperp00 and dperp0
64 SDSS_KNOWN \sep Matches a known SDSS spectra
128 GAL_CMASS_ALL \sep GAL_CMASS and the entire sparsely sampled region
256 GAL_IFIBER2_FAINT \sep ifiber2 > 21.5, extinction corrected. Used after Nov 2010
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1024 QSO_CORE \sep restrictive qso selection: commissioning only
2048 QSO_BONUS \sep permissive qso selection: commissioning only
4096 QSO_KNOWN_MIDZ \sep known qso between [2.2,9.99]
8192 QSO_KNOWN_LOHIZ \sep known qso outside of miz range. never target
16384 QSO_NN \sep Neural Net that match to sweeps/pass cuts
32768 QSO_UKIDSS \sep UKIDSS stars that match sweeps/pass flag cuts
65536 QSO_KDE_COADD \sep kde targets from the stripe82 coadd
131072 QSO_LIKE \sep likelihood method
262144 QSO_FIRST_BOSS \sep FIRST radio match
524288 QSO_KDE \sep selected by kde+chi2
1048576 STD_FSTAR \sep standard f-stars
2097152 STD_WD \sep white dwarfs
4194304 STD_QSO \sep qso
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4294967296 TEMPLATE_GAL_PHOTO \sep galaxy templates
8589934592 TEMPLATE_QSO_SDSS1 \sep Quasar templates
17179869184 TEMPLATE_STAR_PHOTO \sep Stellar tempolates
34359738368 TEMPLATE_STAR_SPECTRO \sep Stellar templates (spectroscopically known)
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1099511627776 QSO_CORE_MAIN \sep Main survey core sample
2199023255552 QSO_BONUS_MAIN \sep Main survey bonus sample
4398046511104 QSO_CORE_ED \sep Luminous Red Galaxy with redshift>0.4
8796093022208 QSO_CORE_LIKE \sep Likelihood that make it into core
17592186044416 QSO_KNOWN_SUPPZ \sep known qso between [1.8,2.15]