F3III 7 Sgr and 20 CVn have been considered F3III standards, but neither is very good. MorganAbt72 standard: 7 Sgr (=HR 6724) - F3III MK78 standard: 20 Cvn (=HD 115604) - F3III 63 Tau - kA2,mF3III There are no "F3III" stars in Gray's papers. (J-H)(F3III) = 0.150 ; smoothed relation from giants in Skiff compendium w/i 15 deg of NGP, 2MASS photometry AAA flags => adopt (J-H)(F3III) = 0.150 [updated 10/30/2020] (H-Ks)(F3III) = 0.066 ; smoothed relation from giants in Skiff compendium w/i 15 deg of NGP, 2MASS photometry AAA flags => adopt (H-Ks)(F3III) = 0.066 [updated 10/30/2020] (B-V)(F3III) = 0.352 ; HIP 59309 F3III 1995ApJS...99..135A => adopt (B-V)(F3III) = 0.35 [updated 10/30/2020] Mv(F3III) = 2.50 ; HIP 59309 F3III 1995ApJS...99..135A [EEM 10/30/2020: note Mv(F3V) = 3.08] # No standards MK43, JM53, Morgan65, Houk, GrayNstars, and GrayCorbally10 do not list a F3III standard. # Weak standards 7 Sgr = HR 6724 *F2II-III: GrayGarrison89 F3III: MorganAbt72(stan) F3II: Sowell87 F5II-III: Malaroda75 F5II: Walker57(Bidelman type) F0III: Walker57(Joy type) F0II: Walker57(Herbig type) A8IV: Adams35 Adopt "F2II-III" from GrayGarrison89. Considered "F3III" standard by MorganAbt72, but little agreement among authors. 20 CVn = HD 115604 = HR 5017 A9II mF2: Gray01 F0II-IIIp: Slettebak55(MgII 4481A strong) F2III((strong metals)): GrayGarrison89 F2II: Cowley76 F3III: MK78(stan) F3III-IV: Pena81 F5III: Adams35 Adopt "A9II mF2" from Gray01. Considered "F3III" standard in MK78, but not generally agreed upon by other authors.