\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{param}Physical properties of NGC~6611 and M~16 obtained in GPM07, GDM08, and GMP10.} %\centering \par \begin{tabular}{cc} \hline \hline \noalign{\smallskip} Parameter& Value \\ \hline Distance & 1750 parsec\\ Median age of NGC~6611 & ${\sim}1$ Myr\\ Age range of stars in M~16 & ${\sim}3{-}0.3$ Myr \\ Average DF\tablefootmark{*} in NGC~6611 & $36\% \pm 1 \%$ \\ Average DF\tablefootmark{*} far away from OB stars & $42\% \pm 3 \%$ \\ Average DF\tablefootmark{*} close to OB stars & $28\% \pm 3 \%$ \\ Average $A_V$ in NGC~6611 & 2.6$^m$ \\ $R_V$ & 3.3 \\ Core relaxation time & 5.2 Myr\\ \hline \end{tabular} \tablefoot {\tablefoottext{*}{DF stands for Disk Frequency.}} \end{table}