A3V The A3V dagger standard is HD 216956 = Alf PsA (Garrison94) GrayGarrison89 lists four A3V standards: Bet Cir (A3Vb), Alf PsA & Bet Leo (A3Va) and HD 23643 (A3Van). Cowley69 used five A3V standards: Lam Gem, Bet Leo, 38 Lyn, Del UMa, Zet Vir MK43 and Garrison79 used Alf PsA as their A3V standard. Abt68 used Coma T183 as their A3V standard. Skiff08 flagged two stars as A3V standards: HD 216956 (MK73) & BD+48_944 (MK78) Morgan65 classified one A3V Hyad: HD 27962. Gray01/03/06 list 5 nearby A3V. Their median HIP colors: (A3V) = 0.087 (+-0.002 sem, +-0.004 stdev; N=5) (A3V) = 0.083 (+-0.013 sem, +-0.023 stdev; N=5) # No Standard Morgan65 does not list an A3V standard # Dagger standards HD 216956 = Alf PsA = HR 8728 A3V: MK43(stan),JM53,MK73,Garrison79(stan),Garrison94,HoukStandard A3Va: GrayGarrison89,Garrison96 GrayGarrison89 list it as one of two low-vsini A3Va standards (with bet Leo) # other excellent standard HD 102647 = Bet Leo = HR 4534 A3V: MK43,JM53,Cowley69(stan),HoukStandard,GrayAtlas A3Va: GrayGarrison89,Garrison96 GrayGarrison89 list it as one of two low-vsini A3Va standards (w/ Fomalhaut) # other standards: BD+48_944 (in Alpha Per cluster) A3V: MK78,Keenan85 A5V?: Morgan71 A4V: Petrie69 A2: Heckmann58 Weak pedigree besides MK78 use as A3V standard. HD 23643: A3Van: GrayGarrison89(stan) GrayGarrison89 list it as their high-vsini A3Va standard HD 135379 = Bet Cir = HR 5670 = GJ 580.1 A3Vb: GrayGarrison89 GrayGarrison89 list it as their low-vsini A3Vb standard 38 Lyn A3V: MK43,Cowley69(stan) Zet Vir A3V: MK43,Cowley69(stan) # Weak Standard HD 56537 = Lam Gem = 54 Gem = HR 2763 A3V: JM53,Cowley69(stan) A4IV: GrayGarrison89(for "AB") HD 106591 = Del UMa A3V: MK43, Jaschek64(all),Cowley69(stan),Jaschek78(JM53) A2Vn: Gray03,Abt95,GrayGarrison87(A2Van),Cannon(A2) Migrated from A3V (MK/JM53) to A2V (Gray/Garrison/Abt) - probably not good standard Coma T183 A3V: Abt68 (need to follow up)