\begin{table}%t5
\caption{Same as Table~\ref{tab_epm1}, this time using blackbody color temperatures
from Sect.~\ref{Sec_mod}, and Paper II's $\xi$-prescription.}
\label{tab_epm3}
%\centering
\par
\begin{tabular}{cccccccccc}
\hline\hline
\multicolumn{10}{c}{EPM combined with minimization technique,} \\
\multicolumn{10}{c}{blackbody color temperatures from Sect.~\ref{Sec_mod},}\\
\multicolumn{10}{c}{and $\xi$-prescription from Paper II} \\
\hline
Day & \multicolumn{3}{c}{Angular size}
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{Correction factor}
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{Temperature} \\
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{(10$^8$~km~Mpc$^{-1}$)}
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{}
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{(K)} \\
&
$\theta_{BV}$ & $\theta_{BVI}$ & $\theta_{VI}$ &
$\xi_{BV}$    & $\xi_{BVI}$    & $\xi_{VI}$    &
$T_{BV}$      & $T_{BVI}$      & $T_{VI}$       \\
\hline
  1.0  &   6.13  &   5.90  &   5.67  &  0.440  &  0.503 &   0.543 & 16~024 &  14~965 &  14388 \\
  3.0  &   6.35  &   6.05  &   5.97  &  0.441  &  0.503 &   0.542 & 15~959 &  15~030 &  14228 \\
  5.0  &   6.95  &   6.95  &   7.03  &  0.455  &  0.505 &   0.530 & 14~228 &  13~202 &  12529 \\
  7.0  &   7.33  &   7.63  &   7.86  &  0.470  &  0.510 &   0.525 & 12~945 &  11~951 &  11278 \\
 11.0  &   8.46  &   8.91  &   9.37  &  0.519  &  0.529 &   0.527 & 10~701 &  10~252 &   9835 \\
 16.0  &  10.12  &  10.12  &   9.82  &  0.650  &  0.562 &   0.529 &  8168 &   8841 &   9547 \\
 21.0  &  10.72  &  11.03  &  10.80  &  0.760  &  0.605 &   0.540 &  7110 &   7847 &   8745 \\
 38.0  &  12.08  &  12.76  &  13.21  &  1.077  &  0.734 &   0.594 &  5539 &   6340 &   7238 \\
\hline 
      & \multicolumn{3}{c}{${\it BV}$ set}& \multicolumn{3}{c}{${\it BVI}$ set} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{${\it VI}$ set} \\
\hline
 & \multicolumn{9}{c}{Using the first 7 dates only} \\ 
  $D$ &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$14.2 \pm 1.6$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$13.2\pm 1.4$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$12.9\pm1.3$}  \\
$t_{\rm exp}$ &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-8.2\pm 1.6$}&  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-7.2 \pm 1.4$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-6.9 \pm 1.3$}  \\
\hline
 & \multicolumn{9}{c}{Using 8 dates} \\ 
  $D$ &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$12.8 \pm 1.1$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$12.0 \pm 1.0$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$11.7\pm 0.9$}  \\
$t_{\rm exp}$ &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-8.0\pm 1.2$}&  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-6.2 \pm 1.$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-5.9 \pm 1.0$}  \\
\hline
\end{tabular} 
\end{table}