\begin{table}%t1
\caption{\label{n6872-sfr}Specific $U$-band luminosity for the different regions of
NGC~6872 and the implied star formation rates using the Larsen \& 
Richtler (\cite{Larsen2000e}) 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.}
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\begin{tabular}{ccccc}
\hline\hline
Region & $T_{L}^{U}$ & $\Sigma_{\rm SFR} (10^{-2}~M_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$~kpc$^{-2})$ & Area (kpc$^{2}$) & {\it SFR} ($M_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$)\\
\hline
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) \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}