Results from the Schechter function ML fit for the global MW LAE LF. Contours are drawn at ΔS = {2.3, 6.17} thereby outlining the {68.3%,95.4%} confidence intervals for α and log L^*. In colour we show the normalisation log ϕ^*, which is a dependent quantity on α and L^*, i.e. it is not a free parameter in the fitting procedure. The cross indicates the best-fitting (log L^*[erg s⁻¹],α)=(42.66, −1.84). At this point in log L^* − α space the dependent normalisation is logϕ^*(log L^*, α)[Mpc⁻³]= − 2.71. The 1D error bars show the 68.3% confidence interval from the marginalised distribution in α and log L^* (see text).