\begin{table}%t1
  \caption{Observed properties of RY~Tau.} 
  \label{table:properties}
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{
  \begin{tabular}{llr} \hline\hline
    Parameter & Value & Reference \\ \hline
    RA (J2000.0) & $04\ 21\ 57.4$ &    1  \\
    DEC (J2000.0) & $+28\ 26\ 36$ &   1  \\
    Distance & $134^{+54}_{-31}{\rm pc}$ &   2  \\
    Visual extinction & $(2.2 \pm 0.2)\ {\rm mag}$ &   3  \\ 
    Spectral type & F$8$~III &   4  \\
    Stellar mass & $1.69~M_{\odot}$ &   5  \\
    Stellar luminosity & $12.8\ L_{\odot}$ &   6  \\
    Accretion rate & $7.8 \times 10^{-8}~M_{\odot}/{\rm yr}$ &   3 \\
    Age & $(6.5 \pm 0.9)\ {\rm Myr}$ &   7  \\ \hline
  \end{tabular}}\medskip
   References  --   1: Perryman et~al.~(\cite{perryman});   2: Bertout et~al.~(\cite{bertout});   3:
    Calvet et~al.~(\cite{calvetII});   4: Mora et~al.~(\cite{mora});   5: Beckwith et~al.~(\cite{beckwith});   6: Akeson et~al.~(\cite{akeson});   7: Siess et~al.~(\cite{siess}).
\end{table}