Table 2: Best fit model parameters for Polaris and its CSE. $\theta _\star $ is the stellar angular diameter (mas), $\alpha $ the CLD coefficient, $\theta _{\rm s}$ the shell angular diameter (mas), w the shell width (mas) and $F_{\rm s}/F_\star $ the relative brightness (Fig. 3). Last column tabulates the reduced $\chi ^2$. Only parameters with error bars (lower scripts) have been fitted. The first line is the hydrostatic model; the second line is the adjusted CLD; the model of the last line includes a shell.

$\theta _\star $
$\alpha $ $\theta _{\rm s}$ w $F_{\rm s}/F_\star $ $\chi ^2$
$3.152_{\pm 0.003}$ 0.16 - - - 4.5
$3.189_{\pm 0.005}$ $0.26_{\pm 0.01}$ - - - 2.5
$3.123_{\pm 0.008}$ 0.16 $7.5_{\pm 0.2}$ 0.5 $1.5_{\pm 0.4}\%$ 1.4


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