\begin{table}%t2 \caption{\label{cal}Calibration summary.} \small%\centerline { \begin{tabular}{llrlll} \hline \hline\noalign{\smallskip} Object & $\it{P}_{\rm obs}$$^{a}$ & PA$_{\rm obs}$$^{a}$ & $\it{P}_{\rm lit}$$^{b}$ & PA$_{\rm lit}$$^{b}$ & PA$_{\rm corr}$\\ & (\%) & (\degr) & (\%) & (\degr) & (\degr) \\ \hline HD 147084 & 4.5 (0.2) & 0.2 & 4.50 (0.01) & 33.2 & $+$33.0 \\ HD 187929 & 1.5 (0.2) & 37.9 & 1.62 (0.05) & 91.0 & $+$53.1 \\ HD 10476 & 0.2 (0.2) & -- & 0.02 (0.01) & -- & -- \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \smallskip Errors in parenthesis. $^a$ Mean values for a spectrum binned with a polarization error (per bin) of 0.2\%, except HD~10476 (unbinned). The quoted polarization error is the average error per bin. $^b$ References: HD~147084, Tapia~(\cite{tap88}), $\it{R}$ filter; HD~187929, Bailey \& Hough~(\cite{bai82}), $\it{R}$ filter; HD 10476, Bastien et~al. (1988), $\it{V}$ filter. \end{table}