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All images, warps and stacks, have mask images which indicate image flags for each individual pixels. Below is a table that indicates the meaning for each flag. These flags are applicable for both , the warp and stack images.
(Source: http://svn.pan-starrs.ifa.hawaii.edu/trac/ipp/browser/trunk/ippconfig/recipes/masks.16bit.config)
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The starting point for the PS1 data archive is at Pan-STARRS1 data archive home page.
Pixel Flags
Mask values which represent features of the detector
Flag name | hexadecimal value | Description |
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FLAT | 0x0002 | Pixel doesn't flat-field properly |
DARK | 0x0004 | Pixel doesn't dark-subtract properly |
BLANK | 0x0008 | Pixel doesn't contain valid data |
CTE | 0x0010 | Pixel has poor Charge Transfer EfficiEfficiency |
SAT | 0x0020 | Pixel is saturated or non-linear |
Mask values which represent invalid signal ranges
Flag name | hexadecimal value | Description |
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SAT | 0x0020 | Pixel is saturated or non-linear |
LOW | 0x0040 | Pixel is low |
SUSPECT | 0x0080 | Pixel is suspected of being bad |
Mask values which represent non-astronomical structures
Flag name | hexadecimal value | Description |
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BURNTOOL | 0x0080 | Pixel may contain uncorrected streak. |
CR | 0x0100 | Pixel contains a cosmic ray |
SPIKE | 0x0200 | Pixel contains a diffraction spike |
GHOST | 0x0400 | Pixel contains an optical ghost |
STREAK | 0x0800 | Pixel contains a streak |
STARCORE | 0x1000 | Pixel contains a bright star core |
Mask values which identify pixels badly affected by convolutions and interpolations
Flag name | hexadecimal value | Description |
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CONV.BAD | 0x2000 | Pixel is bad after convolution with a bad pixel |
CONV.POOR | 0x4000 | Pixel is poor after convolution with a bad pixel |
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Warped image (left) and its mask image (right)
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