\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{tab:crawffstars}Comparison between absolute magnitude calibrations for different mean values of $\overline{\beta}$.} %\centerline {\begin{tabular}{rrrr} \hline\hline\noalign{\smallskip} $\overline{\beta}$ & ${\overline{M_{\rm c}}}(\varpi)$ & ${\overline{M_{\rm c}}({\rm cor})}$ & ${\overline{M_{\rm c}}(HIP)}$ \\ \hline 2.604 & $4.77\pm0.23$ & $4.64\pm0.22$ & $4.677\pm0.044$ \\ 2.631 & $4.21\pm0.25$ & $4.03\pm0.26$ & $4.115\pm0.038$ \\ 2.648 & $3.92\pm0.30$ & $3.69\pm0.30$ & $3.830\pm0.043$ \\ 2.671 & $3.69\pm0.52$ & $3.43\pm0.58$ & $3.529\pm0.050$ \\ 2.711 & $3.53\pm0.12$ & $3.33\pm0.17$ & $3.237\pm0.087$ \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \medskip The first three columns are from \citet{crawford75}; the final column from the current paper, using the least squares solution that provided the coefficient in Eq.~(\ref{equ:mv_calibr_clust}). \end{table}