\begin{table}%t4
\caption{Same as Table~\ref{tab_epm1}, this time using Paper II's $\xi$-prescription.}
\label{tab_epm2}
%\centering
\par
\begin{tabular}{cccccccccc}
\hline\hline
\multicolumn{10}{c}{EPM combined with minimization technique
and $\xi$ prescription from Paper II} \\
\hline
Day & \multicolumn{3}{c}{Angular size}
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{Correction factor}
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{Temperature} \\
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{(10$^8$~km~Mpc$^{-1}$)}
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{}
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{(K)} \\
&
$\theta_{BV}$ & $\theta_{BVI}$ & $\theta_{VI}$ &
$\xi_{BV}$    & $\xi_{BVI}$    & $\xi_{VI}$    &
$T_{BV}$      & $T_{BVI}$      & $T_{VI}$       \\
\hline
  1.0 &  5.82 &  6.58 &   7.41 &   0.436 & 0.504&  0.526 &  16~876& 13~481& 11~543 \\
  3.0 &  6.20 &  6.95 &   7.86 &   0.439 & 0.505&  0.525 &  16~364& 13~241& 11~351 \\
  5.0 &  6.88 &  7.48 &   8.16 &   0.453 & 0.508&  0.525 &  14~378& 12~328& 11~031 \\
  7.0 &  6.95 &  7.93 &   8.99 &   0.460 & 0.514&  0.526 &  13~769& 11~495& 10~086 \\
 11.0 &  8.09 &  8.99 &   9.74 &   0.503 & 0.530&  0.530 &  11~271& 10~166&  9493 \\
 16.0 & 10.57 & 10.50 &  10.12 &   0.688 & 0.572&  0.532 &   7747&  8548&  9317 \\
 21.0 & 11.63 & 11.70 &  11.25 &   0.854 & 0.632&  0.547 &   6498&  7411&  8420 \\
 38.0 & 14.87 & 13.96 &  13.51 &   1.414 & 0.820&  0.606 &   4688&  5777&  7043 \\
\hline 
      & \multicolumn{3}{c}{${\it BV}$ set}& \multicolumn{3}{c}{${\it BVI}$ set} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{${\it VI}$ set} \\
\hline
 &\multicolumn{9}{c}{Using the first 7 dates only} \\
  $D$ &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$13.5 \pm 1.5$}&  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$12.5 \pm 1.6$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$14.6 \pm 1.9$}  \\
$t_{\rm exp}$ &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-7.2\pm 1.4$}&  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-8.4\pm1.7$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-10.1 \pm 2.2$}  \\
\hline
 & \multicolumn{9}{c}{Using 8 dates} \\ 
  $D$ &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$11.7 \pm 1.0$}&  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$11.9 \pm 1.0$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$12.6 \pm 1.2$}  \\
$t_{\rm exp}$ &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-5.7\pm 1.0$}&  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-6.9\pm1.2$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-8.8 \pm 1.5$}  \\
\hline
\end{tabular} 
\end{table}