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What are the brightest and faintest stars for which the data are reliable?

The answer is it depends on band and FWHM. A very conservative estimate for the bright limit is as follows:

grizy
14.515151413

You may find individual fields where you can do up to a magnitude brighter than this. 

How reliable is PS1 photometry of nearby, bright galaxies?

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