Table 1: Specific U-band luminosity for the different regions of NGC 6872 and the implied star formation rates using the Larsen & Richtler (2000) relation. The numbers in the parentheses represent the errors of the derived quantities. The errors were calculated by comparing the derived values using only clusters with errors in their colours less than 0.2 with that of using no error criteria.
Region T_L^U $\Sigma_{\rm SFR} (10^{-2}~M_{\odot}$ yr^-1 kpc^-2) Area (kpc²) SFR ( $M_{\odot}$ yr^-1)

East tail 6.6 (1.42) 2.7 (0.5) 605 16.5 (3.3)

West tail 4.8 (1.0) 2.1 (0.4) 375 7.6 (1.4)

Center 2.3 (0.5) 1.1 (0.2) 291 3.1 (0.5)

**Table 1:** Specific U-band luminosity for the different regions of NGC 6872 and the implied star formation rates using the Larsen & Richtler (2000) relation. The numbers in the parentheses represent the errors of the derived quantities. The errors were calculated by comparing the derived values using only clusters with errors in their colours less than 0.2 with that of using no error criteria.
Region	T_L^U	$\Sigma_{\rm SFR} (10^{-2}~M_{\odot}$ yr^-1 kpc^-2)	Area (kpc²)	SFR ( $M_{\odot}$ yr^-1)
East tail	6.6 (1.42)	2.7 (0.5)	605	16.5 (3.3)
West tail	4.8 (1.0)	2.1 (0.4)	375	7.6 (1.4)
Center	2.3 (0.5)	1.1 (0.2)	291	3.1 (0.5)

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	1 Introduction
	2 Observations, reduction and photometry
	3 The cluster population
	4 The youngest clusters
	5 Specific U-band luminosity
	6 A scenario for the formation and evolution of star clusters in tidal tails
	7 Conclusions
	References