A4V no A4V dagger type (Garrison94), but HD 97603 = Del Leo is probably best. I've found that 49 Ori (HD 37507) may be a good candidate A4V standard -- we should get a spectrum of it. Cowley69 used Del Leo (HD 97603) as their A4V standard. Morgan65 did not classify any Hyads as A4V. For Hipparcos d < 75 pc sample: = 0.160 (N=17) = 0.180 (N=17) = 0.401 (+-0.038 sem, +-0.099 stdev; N=11) # No standard Morgan65,MK73,GrayGarrison89,GrayAtlas do not list A4V standards Skiff08 did not flag any stars as A4V standards. While GrayGarrison89 did not list A4V standards, they did classify 9 stars as A4V or A4Vn. The brightest two examples of both were HD 37507 (= 49 Ori) and HD 59037 (= 64 Gem) (both A4Vn), and HD 11636 (iot Ari) and HD 184006 (iot^2 Cyg) (both A4V). Gray01/03/06 lists *1* nearby A4V dwarf (HIP 113368 = Fomalhaut). As Fomalhaut is *the* A3V anchor, I do not believe that its BVI colors are typical for A4V dwarf stars! Argggh! # Standard HD 97603 = Del Leo = HR 4357 A4V: HoukStand,JM53,Cowley69(stan),Jaschek78,Garcia89,Abt95,Levato78 A4IV: GrayGarrison89 A5IV(n): Gray03 This star is a bit bluer than the A4V mean B-V (0.l60) A4V; B-V[HIP]=0.128+-0.014 # Weak Standard HD 11636 = Bet Ari = 6 Ari = HR 553 = GJ 80 A5V: MK43,JM53,Jaschek64(all),Morgan65,Jaschek78,Garcia89 kA4hA5mA5Va: Gray03 (i.e. an A5Va!) A5IV: Barry70 A4V: Abt85,GrayGarrison89,Garrison96,Abt95 A4: Olsen69 A5: Cannon Basically morphed from A5 under Morgan to A4 (Abt,Gray,Garrison), *despite* Morgan65 listing bet Ari as a "fundamental A5 classification standard" w/ del Cas i.e. "Its a fundamental standard until someone comes along and changes it..." B-V(HIP)=0.165, dMv=-0.53 (color is closer to Houk's mean A4V B-V color) I'm going to stick to *A5V* following MK43,JM53,Morgan65,Gray03 # Candidate Standard HD 37507 = HR 1937 = 49 Ori = HIP 26563 A4V: Jaschek64(both; "SB"),Cowley69,GrayGarrison89(A4Vn) A4IV: Slettebak55,Abt95 A2V: Houk99 Never previously considered a standard. Houk99 comments: "37507: HR 1937; 49 ORI; vSINi=185" Remarkable that *all* of the references in Skiff09 (N=4) list it as an A4 subclass. Houk99 does call it an A2V, however. Using the revised Hipparcos astrometry, I find the star to have Mv=1.52 or dMv = -0.23 (V=4.77; B-V=0.139; V-I=0.16+-0.02; plx=22.42mas) Stars B-V and V-I are only 0.02 bluer than the median B-V and V-I colors for the d<75 pc Hipparcos sample. Hence the color-mag data are consistent with a A4V. This may be a useful candidate "A4Vn" standard (agreement in subclass by Slettebak, Abt, Jascheks, Gray, Garrison, and Cowley) # Other Stars HD 59037 = HR 2857 = 64 Gem (V=5.1) A4V: Cowley69,GrayGarrison89(A4Vn) A2.5V: Abt95 A6V: Osawa59 Never considered a standard by anyone. Not very good agreement among authors (although Cowley and GrayGarrison89 agree). Probably not a good candidate standard.