\begin{table}%t1
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\caption{\label{tbl_VLSamplesProperties}Main properties of the obtained VL~samples.  $R_{\min}$, $R_{\max}$ are the chosen limits for the metric distance; ${M_{\min},  ~M_{\max}}$ are the corresponding limits in the absolute  magnitude; $N_{\rm g}$ is the number of galaxies in the sample. }
\small \begin{tabular}{lccccc}
  \hline  \hline
  VL sample & $R_{\min}$ & $R_{\max}$ & $M_{\min}$ & $M_{\max}$ & $N_{\rm g}$\\
  \hline
    SGC400 & 100 & 400 & --20.8 & --19.0 & 29373 \\
    NGC400 & 100 & 400 & --20.8 & --19.0 & 23208 \\
    SGC550 & 150 & 550 & --21.2 & --19.8 & 26289 \\
    NGC550 & 150 & 550 & --21.2 & --19.8 & 18030 \\
  \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}