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2. Photometry
Catalogs  and  photometric systems
General Catalogue of Photometric Data at the Univeristy of Lausanne (with a description of different photometric systems)	photoelectric photometry of all observed stars (not only standard) in all used photometric systems
The Asiago Database on Photometric Systems (ADPS). I. Census  parameters for 167 photometric systems. Moro & Munari (2000)	photometric  systems description and intercomparison
The Sternberg Astronomical Institute WBVR catalog  (Kornilov et al. 1991, Trudy Sternberg. Inst., v.63) Catalog  Remarks	13500 stars brighter than 7.2 mag. north of Decl. -15 degr.
The Asiago Database on Photometric Systems (ADPS). II. Band and reddening parameters. Fiorucci & Munari (2003)	basic information and reference data on 201 photometric systems
Johnson-Cousins photometric system
Landolt Standards Landolt (1979, 1983a,1983b,1992a,1992b)	Johnson-Cousins UBVRI standard stars
UBVRI Photometric Standard Stars around the Sky at -50° Declination Landolt (2007)	109 Johnson-Cousins UBVRI standard stars 10.4 < V < 15.5
Optical Multicolor Photometry of Spectrophotometric Standard Stars Landolt & Uomoto (2007)	31 Johnson-Cousins UBVRI standard stars 9.4 < V < 16.1
UBVRI-CCD standard stars in the neighbourhood of Landolt standard stars(data) Galadi-Enriquez et al. (2000)	681 secondary standard stars with 9.7 < V < 19.4
Supplementary southern standards for UBV(RI)c photometry Kilkenny et al. (1998)	80 stars with 6.9 < V < 11.8
UBVRI standard stars at northern declinations Oja (1996)	123 stars with 6 < V < 11
UBV(RI)c observations of Johnson's standard sequence in IC 4665 Menzies & Marang (1996)	39 stars with 6.8 < V < 11.5
UBV(RI)c photometry of equatorial standard stars Menzies et al. (1991)	212 stars  from Landolt's list
Southern UBV standard stars Kozok (1985)	81 stars with 4 < V < 10.2
An all-sky set of BVR photometric calibrators for Schmidt surveys. GSPC2.1: First release. Bucciarelly et al. (2001)	622 CCD photometric sequences  with  V < 19
Stromgren system
Standard stars for uvby photometry Crawford & Barnes (1970)	304 bright stars
Four-colour and H-beta photometry of A5 to G0 stars brighter than 8.3-mag. Olsen (1983)	92 bright stars (Table VI)
A catalog of bright UVBY beta standard stars Perry et al. (1987)	all-sky catalog of bright standard stars and references to photometric data
Four-color and H-beta photometry near SA 57 Crawford & Perry (1989)	37 stars with 4.3 < V < 9.6
Secondary standard stars for uvby-beta CCD photometry Clausen et al. (1997)	73 B, A, F, G southern stars with 8.2 < V < 10.9
Stromgren and H-beta photometry of O and B stars in star froming regions Kaltcheva et al. (1999)	36 stars with 4.2 < V < 6.5
Vilnius photometric system
Photoelectric Photometry in Vilnius system Straizys et al. (1989)	4849 stars in the Vilnius PXYZVS system
The southern Vilnius photometric system I, II,III,IV Forbes et al. (1993, 1994,1997),Zdanavicius et al. (1997)	about 200 stars
UBVR and UPXYZVS sequences of standard stars for the MEGA program fields along the main meridian of the Galaxy Andruk et al. (1996)	1141 stars
Color indices of the Sun in the Vilnius and the UBV systems Strayzis & Valiaugas (1994)	Sun photometry
Washington photometric system
Passbands and theoretical colors for the Washington system Bessell (2001)	61 stars with 5.6 < V < 13.5
Washington CCD standard fields Geisler (1992)	22 stars 11 < T1 < 13.8
The Washington system - Photometric properties and standard stars Harris & Canterna (1979)	79 stars V < 12
Walraven photometric system
Walraven VBLUW photometry standard star list Lub & Pel (2001)	~2000 standards
The SDSS u'g'r'i'z' photometric system
The u'g'r'i'z' standard-star system Smith et al. (2002)	158 stars with 8.8 < V < 14.7
Secondary Standard Stars for the u'g'r'i'z' Photometric System Clem et al. (2007)	Secondary standard stars in 7 open and globular clusters
Infrared region
Faint JHK standard stars in the Mauna Kea Observatories system Leggett et al. (2006)	115 stars 10 -15 mag
JHK standard stars for large telescopes: the UKIRT Fundamental and Extended lists Hawarden et al. (2002)	86 stars 9.4 < K < 15
A New System of Faint Near-Infrared Standard Stars Persson et al. (1998)	JHKKs, 65 stars 10 < K < 12
Infrared standard stars Elias et al. (1982, erratum)	JHKL, H2O, Co standards
IR photometry of ESO calibration stars Van Der Bliek et al. (1996) Bouchet et al. (1991), Bersanelli et al. (1991)	1-20 microns
Northern JHK standard stars for array detectors Hunt et al. (1998)	86  JHK  standards
JHKL photometry of 145 southern stars Glass (1974)	145 standards
Faint southern JHKL standards Carter (1990, 1995)	infrared standards
Absolute calibration of photometry at 1 through 5 microns Campins et al. (1985)	16 JHKLM solar-type standards
The AAO JHKL-prime photometric standards Allen & Cragg (1983)	southern 1.5<K<6 standards
IR observations of southern bright stars Engels et al. (1981)	infrared standards at ESO
Photometric standard stars for L' and M filter bands Sinton & Tittemore (1984)	41 L' M  standards
IRTF photometric catalogs	infrared standards at the NASA IRTF
Infrared standards for ISO. I. A new calibration of mid infrared photometry Hammersley et al. (1998)	30 N, 8.7, 9.8, 12.5, and Q-band  standards
Spectral irradiance calibration in the infrared. X. A self-consistent radiometric all-sky network of absolutely calibrated stellar spectra Cohen et al. (1999)	>100 JHKLL' M  standards

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