\begin{table}%t1
\caption{\label{tabbasicdata}Basic data for NGC~5253.}
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\begin{tabular}{ccccccccc}
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Parameter & Value & Ref.\\
\hline
Name               & NGC~5253                 & (a)\\
Other designations & ESO 445$-$ G004, Haro~10 & (a)\\
RA (J2000.0)       & 13h39m55.9s              & (a)\\
Dec(J2000.0)       & $-$31d38m24s             & (a)\\
$z$                & 0.001358                 & (a)\\
$D({\rm Mpc})$           & 3.8                      & (b)\\
scale (pc/$^{\prime\prime}$) &  18.4          &    \\
$m_B$              & 10.78                    & (c)\\ 
$M_B$              & $-17.13$                 & (c)\\ 
$U-B$              & $-0.30$                  & (c)\\
$B-V$              & $0.50$                   & (c)\\
$V-R$              & $0.32$                   & (c)\\
$M_{\rm HI} (M_\odot)$ & $1.4\times10^8~M_\odot$ & (d)\\
$Z/Z_\odot$        & $\sim$0.3$^{(\ast)}$ &  (e)\\
$\log(L_{\rm fir}/L_\odot)$ & 8.95 & (f) \\
$\log(L_{\rm ir}/L_\odot)$  & 9.21 & (f) \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\tablebib {$^{(\ast)}$  We assumed $12+\log({\rm O/H})_\odot = 8.66$ \citep{asp04};
$^{{\rm (a)}}$~NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED);
$^{{\rm (b)}}$~\citet{sak04};
$^{{\rm (c)}}$~\citet{tay05};
$^{{\rm (d)}}$~\citet{kob08};
$^{{\rm (e)}}$~\citet{kob99};
$^{{\rm (f)}}$~\citet{san03}. Re-scaled to the distance adopted here.}
\end{table}