\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{table:1}Relevant data for our sample of S-MS~stars.} %\centering \par \begin{tabular}{l c c c c r r c c c} \hline\hline\noalign{\smallskip} Source & Spectral type & Var. type & Distance$^a$ & Bol. Magnitudes$^b$ & Mass Loss & v$_{e}$ & Ref.$^c$ & I. $-$ E. & dust/gas \\ Name & & (GCVS) & (kpc) & (Paper II) & (M$_{\odot}$/yr) & km/s & & & ratio \\ \hline \object{S Cas} & S3,4e$-$S5,8e & Mira & 0.85$^B$ & $-$5.71 & 1.02E$-$5 & 20.5 & R & I & 2.16E$-$4 \\ \object{W Aql} & S3,9e$-$S6,9e & Mira & 0.34$^B$ & $-$5.44 & 4.24E$-$6 & 17.2 & R & I & 5.66E$-$4 \\ \object{R Cyg} & S2.5,9e$-$S6,9e(Tc) & Mira & 0.55$^B$ & $-$5.42 & 9.04E$-$7 & 9.0 & R & $-$ & 1.18E$-$3 \\ \object{chi Cyg} & S6,2e$-$S10,4e/MSe & Mira & 0.18$^A$ & $-$5.39 & 8.69E$-$7 & 8.5 & R & I & 1.15E$-$4 \\ \object{T Cam} & S4,7e$-$S8.5,8e & Mira & 0.50$^B$ & $-$5.22 & 8.91E$-$8 & 3.8 & R & I & 6.73E$-$4 \\ \object{R Lyn} & S2.5,5e$-$S6,8e: & Mira & 0.95$^B$ & $-$5.19 & 3.90E$-$7 & 7.5 & R & I & 3.70E$-$4 \\ \object{R Gem} & S2,9e$-$S8,9e(Tc) & Mira & 0.66$^B$ & $-$5.23 & 3.91E$-$7 & 4.5 & R & I & 2.67E$-$4 \\ \object{GI Lup} & S7,8e & Mira & 0.80$^B$ & $-$ & 7.20E$-$7 & 10.0 & R & I & 7.56E$-$4 \\ \object{WY Cas} & S6,5pe & Mira & 0.97$^B$ & $-$5.50 & 2.26E$-$6 & 13.5 & R & I & 1.56E$-$3 \\ \object{pi1 Gru} & S5,7e & SRB & 0.16$^A$ & $-$5.75 & 2.57E$-$6 & 14.5 & W & I & 3.71E$-$4 \\ \object{ST Her} & M6$-$7IIIaS & SRB & 0.30$^A$ & $-$5.64 & 1.30E$-$7 & 8.5 & R & I & 4.62E$-$3 \\ \object{T Cet} & M5$-$6SIIe & SRC & 0.27$^A$ & $-$5.63 & 4.93E$-$8 & 5.5 & R & I & 2.08E$-$3 \\ \object{Y Lyn} & M6SIb$-$II & SRC & 0.25$^A$ & $-$5.33 & 2.17E$-$7 & 7.5 & R & I & 7.83E$-$4 \\ \object{R And} & S3,5e$-$S8,8e/M7e & Mira & 0.41$^B$ & $-$5.19 & 1.09E$-$6 & 8.3 & R & I & 3.67E$-$4 \\ \object{W And} & S6,1e$-$S9,2e/M4$-$M1 & Mira & 0.38$^B$ & $-$5.27 & 2.79E$-$7 & 6.0 & R & I & 1.64E$-$3 \\ \object{RT Sco} & S7,2/M6e$-$M7e & Mira & 0.45$^B$ & $-$5.44 & 1.01E$-$6 & 11.0 & R & I & 9.84E$-$4 \\ \object{RS Cnc} & M6eIb$-$II/S & SRC & 0.14$^A$ & $-$5.21 & 2.80E$-$7 & 6.8 & L & I & 6.78E$-$4 \\ \object{AA Cam} & M5/S & LB & 0.78$^A$ & $-$ & 3.83E$-$8 & 3.4 & R & I & 2.10E$-$2 \\ \hline \object{S Lyr} & SCe & Mira & 2.27$^B$ & $-$5.50 & 5.44E$-$6 & 13.0 & R & I & 4.41E$-$4 \\ \object{TT Cen} & CSe & Mira & 1.39$^B$ & $-$5.48 & 5.17E$-$6 & 20.0 & R & $-$ & 2.01E$-$3 \\ \object{ST Sgr} & C4,3e$-$S9,5e & Mira & 0.76$^B$ & $-$5.24 & 3.44E$-$7 & 6.0 & R & I & 1.51E$-$3 \\ \object{UY Cen} & SC & SR & 0.69$^A$ & $-$6.05 & 1.70E$-$7 & 12.0 & R & I & 2.35E$-$3 \\ \hline \object{VX Aql} & C9,1p/M0ep & Mira & 1.99$^B$ & $-$5.87 & 3.51E$-$7 & 7.0 & R & I & 4.40E$-$3 \\ \hline \end{tabular} \tablefoot {\tablefoottext{a}{References for the distances are: \emph{A})~the revised Hipparcos catalogue \citep{vleu2007}; \emph{B})~the period-luminosity methods for the O-rich stars as used in Paper~II.}\\ \tablefoottext{b}{Bolometric Magnitudes are taken from Paper~II.}\\ \tablefoottext{c}{References for the mass loss rates (updated with our choice for distances) and for the outflow velocities are quoted~as: R~stands for \citet{ramstedt09}; W~is for \citet{winters03}; L~for \citet{loup}.}} \vspace*{3.5mm} \end{table}