\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{tab1}Distribution of the sample stars into four Str\"omgren groups (before parallax selection).} %\centering \par \begin{tabular}{cccccc} \hline \hline \noalign{\smallskip} Group& Spectral type& Luminosity class&$\beta$&Number of stars&Calibration\\ \hline 1& B0 to A0& III to V& $2.59<\beta<2.88$& 993& Crawford (\cite{Craw78})\\ 2& A0 to A3& III to V& $2.87<\beta<2.93$& 626& Hilditch et~al. (\cite{Hilditch})\\ 3& A3 to F0& III to V& $2.72<\beta<2.88$& 1517& Crawford (\cite{Craw79})\\ 4& F0 to G2& III to V& $2.56<\beta<2.72$& 3857& Crawford (\cite{Craw75})\\ \hline TOTAL& & & & 6993& \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{table}