\begin{table}%t5
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\caption{Observationally determined distances of RS~Pup. ``IRSB'' stands for ``infrared surface brightness''.
\label{distanceobs_rspup}}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
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Dist. [pc] & Method & Source \\
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$1780 \pm200$ & Light echoes & Havlen (\cite{havlen72a}) \\
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2040: & Hipparcos parallax & ESA (\cite{esa97}) \\
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$\rm 2111^{+75}_{-73}$ & IRSB & Fouqu\'e et~al. (\cite{fouque03}) \\
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$\rm 2052^{+61}_{-59}$ & IRSB & Storm et~al. (\cite{storm04}) \\
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$2004\pm 59$ & IRSB (least squares) & Barnes et~al. (\cite{barnes05}) \\
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$1984\pm 122$ & IRSB (Bayesian) & Barnes et~al. (\cite{barnes05}) \\
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$\rm 521^{+266}_{-132}$ & Hipparcos re-reduction & van Leeuwen (\cite{vanleeuwen07a}) \\
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$\rm 694^{+381}_{-181}$ & Hipparcos re-reduction & van Leeuwen et~al. (\cite{vanleeuwen07c}) \\
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$\rm 1830^{+109}_{-94}$ & IRSB & Fouqu\'e et~al. (\cite{fouque07}) \\
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$1992\pm 28$ & Light echoes & Present work \\
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\end{tabular}
\end{table}