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Table 5

Solar colors and predictions from models atmospheres. Our synthetic colors (this work) were computed using the Bessell (2005) filters, with zero points based on both the STIS observed and ATLAS9 synthetic spectrum of Vega.

(by) m 1 c 1 β Reference

Solar colors (this work)
0.4105 (±0.0015) 0.2122 (±0.0018) 0.3319 (±0.0054) 2.5915 (±0.0024)

Solar spectra
0.406,0.390(±0.004), (by) from β 2.5955(±0.0024) Olsen (1976), using asteroids
0.425 0.172 0.323 2.625 This work, C96 [STIS]
0.421 0.178 0.350 2.595 This work, C96 [ATLAS9]
0.424 0.188 0.306 2.632 This work, N99 [STIS]
0.420 0.194 0.333 2.602 This work, N99 [ATLAS9]
0.400 0.195 0.305 2.631 This work, N99+N03 [STIS]
0.396 0.201 0.332 2.601 This work, N99+N03 [ATLAS9]
0.402 0.225 0.287 2.625 This work, Thuillier (2004) [STIS]
0.398 0.231 0.314 2.595 This work, Thuillier (2004) [ATLAS9]

Kurucz models
0.371 0.214 0.243 Relyea & Kurucz (1978)
0.414 Kurucz (1991)
0.355, 0.388 0.235 0.359 2.618, 2.660 Lester et al. (1986)
2.581 Smalley & Dworetsky (1995)
0.393(CM), 0.400(noOV), 0.414(OV) 0.278 (CM) 0.339 (CM) Smalley & Kupka (1997)
0.397(noOVER), 0.410 (OVER) Castelli et al. (1997)
2.590 Castelli & Kurucz (2006)
0.410 0.208 0.276 2.617 This work, ATLAS9 [STIS]
0.406 0.214 0.303 2.587 This work, ATLAS9 [ATLAS9]

MARCS models
0.381 0.159 0.262 Vandenberg & Bell (1985)
0.383 0.258 0.325 2.589 O09
0.383 0.220 0.367 2.621 This work, MARCS 2008 [STIS]
0.379 0.226 0.394 2.591 This work, MARCS 2008 [ATLAS9]

From empirical calibrations or average of solar analogs
0.425(±0.015) Gehren (1981)
0.407(±0.010) 2.591(±0.005) Saxner & Hammarback (1985)
0.414(±0.003) Gray (1992)
0.406(±0.004) Edvardsson et al. (1993)
0.404(±0.005) Cayrel de Strobel (1996)
0.3999 0.2090 0.323 Clem et al. (2004)
0.394 RM05b
0.403(±0.013) 0.200(±0.026) 0.370(±0.068) Holmberg et al. (2006)
0.4089(±0.0100) Casagrande et al. (2010)

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