| 1 | Selected in single (J-Ks)0>0.5 color bin (APOGEE2_ONEBIN_GT_0_5) |
| 2 | Selected in 'blue' 0.5<(J-Ks)O<0.8 color bin (APOGEE2_TWOBIN_0_5_TO_0_8) |
| 4 | Selected in 'red' (J-Ks)O>0.8 color bin (APOGEE2_TWOBIN_GT_0_8) |
| 8 | Star selected using RJCE-IRAC dereddening (APOGEE2_IRAC_DERED) |
| 16 | Star selected using RJCE-WISE dereddening (APOGEE2_WISE_DERED) |
| 32 | Selected using SFD E(B-V) dereddening (APOGEE2_SFD_DERED) |
| 64 | Star selected using no dereddening (APOGEE2_NO_DERED) |
| 128 | Selected as giant star via Washington+DDO51 photometry (APOGEE2_WASH_GIANT) |
| 256 | Selected as dwarf star via Washington+DDO51 photometry (APOGEE2_WASH_DWARF) |
| 512 | Probable stellar cluster member (APOGEE2_SCI_CLUSTER) |
| 1024 | Selected as Globular Cluster candidate (APOGEE2_CLUSTER_CANDIDATE) |
| 2048 | Selected as part of a short cohort (APOGEE2_SHORT) |
| 4096 | Selected as part of a medium cohort (APOGEE2_MEDIUM) |
| 8192 | Selected as part of a long cohort (APOGEE2_LONG) |
| 16384 | Selected as part of the random sample (APOGEE2_NORMAL_SAMPLE) |
| 32768 | Star on a shared MaNGA-led design (APOGEE2_MANGA_LED) |
| 65536 | Selected in single (J-Ks)0>0.3 color bin (APOGEE2_ONEBIN_GT_0_3) |
| 131072 | Selected because it has no W+D classification (APOGEE2_WASH_NOCLASS) |
| 262144 | Selected as confirmed halo tidal stream member (APOGEE2_STREAM_MEMBER) |
| 524288 | Selected as potential halo tidal stream member (APOGEE2_STREAM_CANDIDATE) |
| 1048576 | Selected as confirmed dSph member (non Sgr) (APOGEE2_DSPH_MEMBER) |
| 2097152 | Selected as potential dSph member (non Sgr) (based on photometry) (APOGEE2_DSPH_CANDIDATE) |
| 4194304 | Selected as confirmed Mag Cloud member (APOGEE2_MAGCLOUD_MEMBER) |
| 8388608 | Selected as potential Mag Cloud member (based on photometry) (APOGEE2_MAGCLOUD_CANDIDATE) |
| 16777216 | Selected as an RR Lyrae star (APOGEE2_RRLYR) |
| 33554432 | Selected as a bulge candidate RC star (APOGEE2_BULGE_RC) |
| 67108864 | Selected as confirmed Sgr core/stream member (APOGEE2_SGR_DSPH) |
| 134217728 | Selected as part of APOKASC 'giant' sample (APOGEE2_APOKASC_GIANT) |
| 268435456 | Selected as part of APOKASC 'dwarf' sample (APOGEE2_APOKASC_DWARF) |
| 536870912 | Selected as 'faint' star - fainter than cohort limit; not required to reach survey S/N requirement (APOGEE2_FAINT_EXTRA) |
| 1073741824 | Selected as part of the APOKASC program (incl. seismic/gyro targets and others, both the Cygnus field and K2) (APOGEE2_APOKASC) |