Radial Velocity Standards

Last update:  June 5, 2013

Here are some radial velocity standards, recommended by Ed Olszewski.

References:
1) Latham and Stefanik, Commission 30 report in IAU TRansactions XXIB
2) An unpublished Latham document on velocities of Bond metal-poor giants
3) A Mayor and Maurice coravel paper from Philip and Latham edited
   "Stellar Radial Velocities" meeting back in the 1980s.
4) IAU Standard vel stars
5) radial vel section of the Astronomical Almanac
6) Mazeh et al. 1996  AJ 466, 415.

Bond metal-poor giants from Latham
BD+09 2860      14 13 19.7442     +08 36 40.059      V=10.74   vel=-19.47
BD +09 2870     14 16 29.9449     +08 27 52.957      V=9.70     vel=-120.39
HD 126587        14 27 00.3630     -22 14 38.991       V=9.15     vel=149.45
BD +05 3098     15 52 17.2571     +05 17 44.328      V=10.4     vel=-161.02
HD 161770        17 47 46.0760     09 36 18.452        V=9.66     vel=-130.19
HD 176203        19 00 04.1805     -23 03 47.883       V=8.79     vel=68.62
HD 184266        19 34 15.3865     -16 19 00.218       V=7.57     vel=-349.68
HD 206739        21 44 23.9459     -11 46 22.838       V=8.70     vel=-57.63
HD208069         21 54 26.0077     -30 15 25.251       V=9.25     vel=-166.70

IAU standards
HD 140913 15:43 +28
HD 149803 16:34 +30
HD 171232 18:30 +25
HD 194071 20:20 +28
HD 223094 23;44 +28

Here are some stars Mayor and Maurice recommend
They're bright and have been well observed

HD 114672     13 12 19.7427 +17 31 01.643     V=7.3     vel=49.5
HD 136202     15 19 18.7977 +01 45 55.468     V=5.1     vel=54.0
HD 171391     18 35 02.3927 -10 58 37.943      V=5.1     vel=7.0
HD 182572     19 24 58.2004 +11 56 39.896     V=5.1     vel=-100.6
HD 203638     21 24 09.5934 -20 51 06.727      V=5.4     vel=21.8
HD 212943     22 27 51.5223 +04 41 44.389     V=4.79   vel=54.0
HD 213014     22 28 11.5460 +17 15 47.880     V=7.59    vel=-40.1