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Bit definition for IRAC *_bdmsk.fits

Bit #    Condition
---      --------------------------------------------
  0      Muxbleed correction partial or not applied (muxbleedcorr)
  1      First/Inter- frame correction not applied (ffcorr)
  2      Pixel contaminated by optical ghost (not yet implemented)
  3      Pixel contaminated by electrical ghost (not yet implemented)
  4      Sign wraparound correction was applied (iracwrapcorr)
  5      Latent-image flag
  6      EBWC could not be applied (iracewbc)
  7      Flat field applied using questionable value (flatap)
  8      Flat field could not be applied (flatap)
  9      Cosmic ray detection (detect_radhit)
 10      Data saturated (fowlinearize); HDR data saturated (predictsat)
 11      Data known to be bad before dmask generation (cvti2r4)
 12      Linearization not applied (fowlinearize)
 13      Pixel contaminated by electrical crosstalk (banding flag; not yet implemented)
 14      Data missing in downlink (cvti2r4)
 15      Reserved: sign bit

Spitzer Post-BCD Mosaicer: Input parameter for Dmasks

DCE_Status_Mask_Fatal_BitPattern = 32544 (bits 5,8-14)


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