\begin{table}%t8 \caption{\label{tab:syserr}Summary of systematic and statistical uncertainties in the Sirius~B and HZ~43A spectra.} %\centerline { \begin{tabular}[t]{r|ccc|ccc|cccc|c} \hline \hline $\lambda$ & $a$ & $b$ & $c$ & $d$ & $e$ & $f$ & $g$ & $h$ & $i$ & $j$ & $k$ \\ \hline 50 & 0.000 & 0.000 & 0.000 & 0.005 & 0.027 & 0.007 & 0.072 & 0.000 & 0.000 & 0.005 & 0.192 \\ 60 & 0.001 & 0.000 & 0.001 & 0.002 & 0.014 & 0.007 & 0.011 & 0.002 & 0.000 & 0.005 & 0.122 \\ 80 & 0.003 & 0.001 & 0.001 & 0.001 & 0.005 & 0.007 & 0.004 & 0.002 & 0.000 & 0.005 & 0.020 \\ 100 & 0.005 & 0.001 & 0.001 & 0.000 & 0.003 & 0.007 & 0.002 & 0.004 & 0.000 & 0.005 & 0.018 \\ 120 & 0.007 & 0.002 & 0.001 & 0.000 & 0.005 & 0.007 & 0.002 & 0.005 & 0.001 & 0.005 & 0.012 \\ 140 & 0.010 & 0.004 & 0.002 & 0.000 & 0.006 & 0.007 & 0.002 & 0.005 & 0.002 & 0.005 & 0.010 \\ 160 & 0.011 & 0.006 & 0.002 & 0.000 & 0.008 & 0.007 & 0.003 & 0.006 & 0.006 & 0.005 & 0.012 \\ 170 & 0.012 & 0.007 & 0.002 & 0.000 & 0.010 & 0.007 & 0.051 & 0.008 & 0.010 & 0.005 & 0.031 \\ \hline \multicolumn{1}{c|}{type}& c & c & c & c & c & u & c & c & u & c & u \\ \multicolumn{1}{c|} {$\Delta\alpha$}& 0.010 & 0.006 & 0.001 & 0.003 & 0.022 & 0.006 & 0.008 & 0.005 & 0.007 & 0.000 & 0.027 \\ \multicolumn{1}{c|} {$\Delta A$} & 0.006 & 0.003 & 0.001 & 0.001 & 0.004 & 0.002 & 0.004 & 0.004 & 0.002 & 0.005 & 0.006 \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \par Interstellar absorption: \\ $^a$ Uncertainty in the absorption cross sections. $^b$ Uncertainty in the ionisation correction. $^c$ Neglect of metals in the opacity.\\ Atmosphere modelling: \\ $^d$ Neglect of Compton scattering. $^e$ Uncertainties in atmosphere models. $^f$ Interpolation errors. \\ Spectral extraction: \\ $^g$ Background uncertainty. $^h$ Background contamination by source cross-dispersion distribution. $^i$ Higher spectral order subtraction. $^j$ Off-axis vignetting Sirius~B. $^k$ Statistical uncertainty spectra. \end{table}