\begin{table}%t6
\caption{Same as Table~\ref{tab_epm1}, this time using blackbody color temperatures
and $\xi$-values from Sect.~\ref{Sec_mod}.}
\label{tab_epm4}
%\centering
\par
\begin{tabular}{cccccccccc}
\hline\hline
\multicolumn{10}{c}{EPM combined with blackbody color temperatures} \\
\multicolumn{10}{c}{and $\xi$-values from Sect.~\ref{Sec_mod}} \\
\hline
Date & \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)} \\ 
&
$\theta_{\it BV}$ & $\theta_{\it BVI}$ & $\theta_{\it VI}$ &
$\xi_{\it BV}$    & $\xi_{\it BVI}$    & $\xi_{\it VI}$    &
$T_{\it BV}$      & $T_{\it BVI}$      & $T_{\it VI}$       \\
\hline
  1.0  &   5.82 &    5.90 &    5.97  &    0.462 &   0.500  &  0.519  &   16~024 &  14~965 &  14388 \\
  3.0  &   6.50 &    6.58 &    6.65  &    0.430 &   0.462  &  0.488  &   15~959 &  15~030 &  14228 \\
  5.0  &   7.11 &    7.18 &    7.26  &    0.443 &   0.488  &  0.513  &   14~228 &  13~202 &  12529 \\
  7.0  &   7.78 &    7.86 &    7.86  &    0.443 &   0.494  &  0.526  &   12~945 &  11~951 &  11278 \\
 11.0  &   9.37 &    9.44 &    9.37  &    0.469 &   0.500  &  0.526  &   10~701 &  10~252 &   9835 \\
 16.0  &  10.20 &   10.20 &   10.27  &    0.646 &   0.558  &  0.507  &    8168 &   8841 &   9547 \\
 21.0  &  11.85 &   12.01 &   12.16  &    0.685 &   0.558  &  0.481  &    7110 &   7847 &   8745 \\
 38.0  &  12.16 &   12.38 &   12.83  &    1.072 &   0.755  &  0.608  &    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}{$12.4\pm 1.2$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$12.4 \pm 1.3$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$12.4 \pm 1.3$}  \\
$t_{\rm exp}$ &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-6.8\pm 1.3$}&  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-6.9\pm 1.$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-7.0\pm 1.3$}  \\
\hline
 & \multicolumn{9}{c}{Using 8 dates} \\ 
  $D$ &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$11.7 \pm 1.0$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$11.6 \pm 1.0$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$11.5 \pm 0.9$}  \\
$t_{\rm exp}$ &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-6.2\pm 1.0$}&  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-6.2\pm 1.0$} &  \multicolumn{3}{c}{$-6.2 \pm 1.0$}  \\
\hline
\end{tabular} 
\end{table}