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Table 1

Criteria for selecting the BHB candidate stars.

1. Gaia DR3 CMD selection (see Appendix C): 30 228 objects

parallax > 0
parallax_over_error > 5
−0.4 < (Gbp Gbp) < 0.5
Gabs < 138.07(GBPGRP)6 − 153.85(GBPGRP)5 - 40.727(GBPGRP)4 + 73.368(GBPGRP)3
−7.4054(GBPGRP)2) - 9.5575GBPGRP + 3.8459
Gabs > −3.2382(GBPGRP)3 + 7.1259(GBPGRP)2 − 3.583(GBPGRP) − 0.2
vt >= 145 km s−1

2. Photometric quality selection criteria: 30088 objects

|C*| < 5.σc.

3. Blended object rejection criterion: 23 619 objects

BHB candidate flux fraction from 5 arcsec radius > 0.7

4. RR-Lyrae removal criterion: 22 335 objects

Objects listed as RR-Lyrae in Simbad
Objects considered RR-Lyra candidates in Gaia DR3
excess_flux_error > 6.0

5. BHB candidates with wide wavelength range photometric data: 10604 objects

from 2000 Å to 8000 Å

6. SEDs calculated without error flags: 10 222 objects

At least five photometry measurements used for the fit
Maximum 20% uncertainty in radius
Maximum 0.3dex uncertainty in log(L)

5. SED-generated effective temperature and surface gravity plot within BHB region of Kiel diagram: 9172 objects

log10(g)<4.4157log10(Teff)13.720log10(g)>4.0150log10(Teff)12.742$\matrix{ {{{\log }_{10}}(g) &lt; 4.4157{{\log }_{10}}\left( {{T_{{\rm{eff}}}}} \right) - 13.720} \hfill \cr {{{\log }_{10}}(g) > 4.0150{{\log }_{10}}\left( {{T_{{\rm{eff}}}}} \right) - 12.742} \hfill \cr } $

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