F4III 36 Per could be considered a secondary standard (from JM53), but there are no well-used modern standards for F4III. JM53 standard: 36 Per - F4III Abt68 standard: 36 Per - F4III MorganAbt72 standard: 55 Eri (ft) (=HR 1505) - F4IIIp Cowley74 standard: 36 Per - F4III (J-H)(F4III) = 0.172 ; smoothed relation from giants in Skiff compendium w/i 15 deg of NGP, 2MASS photometry AAA flags => adopt (J-H)(F4III) = 0.172 [updated 10/30/2020] (H-Ks)(F4III) = 0.069 ; smoothed relation from giants in Skiff compendium w/i 15 deg of NGP, 2MASS photometry AAA flags => adopt (H-Ks)(F4III) = 0.069 [updated 10/30/2020] # No standards MK43, Houk, MK78, GrayNstars, and GrayCorbally10 do not list a F4III standard # Secondary standards 36 Per = HD 21770 (J0332+4603; V=5.3) *F4III: Roman52,JM53(stan),Jaschek64(all),Abt68(stan),Cowley74(stan) F6III: Bouw81 A9Vs: Adams35 F0: Cannon Adopt "F4III" from JM53. # Variant (and weak standard) 55 Eri (ft.) = HR 1505B = HD 30020 F4III p Sr: MorganAbt72(stan, peculiar: Ca II H,K, greatly weakened, Sr II 4077 strong) F2Vp Sr Si: Abt08 F5III gF3 p Sr: Corbally84 F5III: Slettebak72 F2IIIm: Bidelman58 F3IV-V: Adams35 Fm:: Cowley76 The "standard" is the slightly fainter and northwestern of a 9" pair of stars of similar magnitude (V ~ 6.8). The companion is a late G-giant. Other than MorgantAbt72's use of this star as a standard (with notably peculiar spectrum), no one else has used this star as a standard.