\begin{table}%t7 \caption{\label{tab7}Properties of M~81 and the Galaxy.} %\centerline {\small \begin{tabular}{lrr} \hline\hline &M~81 & MW \\ \hline Morphological type &Sa &Sbc\\ Total mass [$M_{\odot}$] & $2.3\times10^{11}$(a) & $1.8{-}3.7\times10^{11}$ (b) \\ Gas mass [$M_{\odot}$] &$2.9\times10^9$(c) & $4\times10^9$ (d)\\ Luminosity [$L_{\odot}$] & $1.9\times10^{10}$ (a)& $\dots$\\ Total SFR [$M_{\odot}$ yr$^{-1}$] &0.4--0.8 (e) &0.35 (f)\\ Max $V_{\rm rot}$ [km s$^{-1}$] &260 (g) & 200 (h) \\ %Slope O/H gradient (t=0) &-0.08~dex~kpc$^{-1}$$^{i}$ &-0.035~dex~kpc$^{-1}$$^{l}$\\ \hline \end{tabular}} \tablefoot{(a) Appleton et~al. (\cite{Appleton1981}); (b) Hodge \& Miller (\cite{Hodge1992}); (c) Karachentsev \& Kashibadze (\cite{Karachentsev2006}); (d) van der Kruit (\cite{Kruit1990}); (e) Gordon et~al. (\cite{Gordon2004}); (f) Walterbos \& Braun (\cite{Walterbos1994}); (g) Rohlfs \& Krertschmann (\cite{Rohlfs1980}); (h) MD05.} %i) GS87, present work \\ %i) SH10, Deharveng et~al. (\cite{Deharveng2000}) %\label{tab_m81_mw} \end{table}