A2V no A2V dagger type, but Iota Cen (HD 115892) could be (see below) Gray87 claims that the MK A2 is really halfway between A0 and A3 daggers, so they shuffle the early As a bit. Gray87's standards are HD 88955 (A2Va) and HD 56405 (A2Van). MK43 lists Eta Oph as their A2V standard. Cowley69 used Tet And, Tet Leo, Zet UMa, & 26 UMa as A2V standards. Garrison79 used Tet Leo as their A2V standard. Skiff08 flagged HD 23948 (MK78) as the only A2V standard. Mean B-V[A2V] = 0.061, hence again Iot Cen seems representative of the type Gray01/03/06 list 5 nearby A2Vs. Their median HIP colors: (A2V) = 0.075 (+-0.019 sem, +-0.036 stdev; N=5) (A2V) = 0.048 (+-0.028 sem, +-0.055 stdev; N=5) # No Standard Morgan65, Houk, MK73, and GrayAtlas do not list a A2V standard # Candidate Anchor HD 115892 = iot Cen (B-V[HIP] = 0.068+-0.004) A2V: Cannon18(A2),deVauc57,Levato72,Jaschek78,Houk82,Gray87(Va),Garrison96(A2Va) *all* spectral types (in Skiff07 and otherwise) for this object are "A2", so this could probably be considered a standard (Houk type = Gray type. # Primary Standards HD 88955 = HR 4023 A2V: Gray87(stan),Cannon(A2),Levato72,deVauc57 A1V: Houk78(overexp,from Garrison) all the Skiff07 types are "A2V" or "A2Va". Probably good standard. B-V[HIP] = 0.051+-0.005 HD 56405 = HR 2758 = HIP 35180 A2Van: GrayGarrison87 A2V: Abt95 A2Vnp: Hoffleit91(BSC) A2: Cannon A3V: Jaschek78(Cowley69) A1V: Houk88 par(HIP2) = 12.12+-0.40 mas, Blackwell98 Teff=8721 # Weak Standards HD 155125 = eta Oph A2V: MK43,Jaschek64(most),Cowley69,Cannon(A2) A2IVs: Abt81 A2IV: Abt95 A2.5VA: Houk88 A2Va+((Sr)): GrayGarrison87(non-stan) A1V+A3V: Edwards76 0.4" tight binary. HD 23948 = Cl Melotte 22 2488 A2V: MK78,Keenan85 A1Va: GrayGarrison87 HD 97633 = Tet Leo = 70 Leo = HR 4359 A2V: JM53,Cowley69(stan),Garrison79(stan) A2IV(k var): GrayGarrison87 Zet Lep A2Vann: Cannon(A2),Houk88(Garrison),Garrison96,GrayGarrison87(A2Van) A3V: Slettebak54,Jaschek64(most),Jaschek78(A3Vn,Cowley69),Abt95(A3Vn) Jaschek64 shows 9 A3V refs and 1 A2IV ref. Split A2V and A3V - inappropriate as candidate standard HD 1280 = tet And = 24 And = HR 63 A2V: Cannon(A2),JM53,Jaschek64(all),Cowley69(stan),Jaschek78(JM53),Garcia89,Hoffleit91 A2IV: GrayGarrison87(A2IV-),Abt95 1.25 mag above main sequence, so probably IV At least everyone agrees on A2 subtype Eps Gru A2V: Cannon(A2),Garrison96(A2Va),Abt95(A2Vn),GrayGarrison87(A2Va) A3V: Jaschek78(Levato72),Houk78(from Garrison) Jaschek64 has 4 for A2V and 2 for A3V Split A2V and A3V - inappropriate as candidate standard HD 106591 = Del UMa A3V: MK43, Jaschek64(all),Jaschek78(JM53) A2Vn: Gray03,Abt95,GrayGarrison87(A2Van),Cannon(A2) Migrated from A3V (MK/JM53) to A2V (Gray/Garrison/Abt) - probably not good standard HR 2534 A2:V:kn((SrII)) : MK78 Why is a star with colons after the subtypes listed as a "standard" ? HD 82621 = 26 UMa = HR 3799 = HIP 47006 A2V: Slettebak54,Jaschek64(all),Cowley69(stan),Jaschek78(Morgan53), A0: Cannon A1Va: GrayGarrison87 A0Vn: Abt95 Was A2V under Morgan, but has moved to A0/A1 by Gray/Garrison and Abt. HD 116656 = Zet UMa = Mizar A2V: MK43,Cowley69(stan) A1VpSrSi: Abt81 A1.5Vas: Gray03 A1Va+((Si)): Gray87 binary, probably not standard material. MK43 lists "Zeta UMa br." as the A2V standard. HD 6288 A = HR 301 A = HI 4979 = 26 Cet A2V: Abt68 A8IV: Houk99 A8V: Wilson50 F1V: Cowley74,Abt95 A7III:: Cowley76 F0: Cannon F0V: Adams35 Abt68 showed "HR 301A" as an A2V star, but it is much later in all other publications, including being listed as F1V in Abt95! This must be a typo? Houk notes: "HR 301; 26 CET; UNDETECTED VISUAL DOUBLE p=254°d=16.0arcsec MAGS 6.11, 9.52". Not a good standard.