B6V Garrison94 does not list a B6V anchor standard, and MK73 does not list a B6V dagger standard. MK73 lists 19 Tau as a B6IV dagger standard. JM53 standards: 19 Tau & 30 Sex - B6V Garrison67 standard: 19 Tau - B6V Lesh68 standard: bet Sex - B6V Cowley69 standard: 19 Tau - B6V Houk75 standard: HR 2360 - B6V (secondary standard - adopted from Hiltner69) # No standard Houk doesn't list a B6V pri. standard, but a secondary one (HD 45796 = HR 2360). MK43, Hiltner69, Cowley72, MK73, Garrison77, MK78, Garrison79, Keenan85, GrayAtlas, & GrayNstars do not list B6V standard. Skiff08 did not flag any B6V stars as standards. Although Garrison77 does not list a B6V standard, they classify 3 stars as B6V. The brightest are HD 152909 (V=6.6; B6V) and HD 112999 (V=7.4; B6V). For 2 primary standards: (B6V) = -0.135 (+-0.003 sem, +-0.010 stdev; N=2 standards) (B6V) = -0.472 (+-0.013 sem, +-0.037 stdev; N=2 standards) # Primary Standards HD 90994 = 30 Sex = bet Sex = HR 4119 B6V: JM53(stan),Jaschek64(most),Kennedy83(Lesh68(stan)) B5: Cannon B5IV/V: Houk99 Most recent classification is Lesh68 V=5.071, B-V=-0.139, U=B=-0.504 (Mermilliod91) QBV: (B-V)o=-0.142, (U-B)o=-0.499, E(B-V)= 0.003 HD 45796 = HR 2360 B6V: Jaschek78(Hiltner69),Houk(sec.standard),Houk75,Kennedy83(Hiltner69) B5: Cannon At least Hiltner69 & Houk agree on B6V type. V=6.262, B-V=-0.141, U-B=-0.460 (Mermilliod 1991) QBV: (B-V)o=-0.128, (U-B)o=-0.446, E(B-V)=-0.013 # Weak Standard HD 23338 = HR 1145 = 19 Tau = HIP 17531 = Taygeta (a Pleiad) B6V: JM53(stan),Mendoza56,Cowley69(stan),Jaschek78(Herbig55) B6IV: Kennedy83(all),MK73(dagger),Lesh68 B5: Cannon Skiff09 comments that Cannon18 uses Taygeta as B5 standard for HD types! Skiff09 lists no published types after MK73. (B-V)o=-0.15, V=4.30 => Mv=-1.3. From my eye the Pleiades "turnoff" is at V=3.8. Taygete is the bluest MS B-star, just fainter than the terminal MS (but still "MS") But best considered "B6IV" due to MK73? # Other Stars Gray01/03/06 lists one B6V star: HIP 109268 (=HD 209952, alf Gru), but all of its other published types are B5V and B7IV.