\begin{table}%t5
\caption{Comparison of [DBS2003]~179 with other young, massive clusters. The compilation data are from Brandner et~al. (2008, Table~9). The footnotes list the sources for the data on each individual
cluster.}\label{comparison}
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&Wd1$^a$ &ONC$^b$  &Wd2$^c$  &NGC~3603YC$^d$ &Arches$^e$ &R136 cluster$^f$&[DBS2003]~179 \\
\hline
Age [Myr]     &$3.6\pm0.7$    &0.3--1.0  &1--3 &2.5 &2--3 &2--3 &2.5--5 \\
$t_{\rm relax}$ [Myr]     &400 &2.1 & &10--40  &2? & &7  \\
$r_{\rm hm}$ [pc] &1.0 &0.8  & &0.7--1.5 &0.24 &1.1 &0.2 \\
$N_{\rm tot}$ &10$^5$ &$>$2800 &  &$1.6\times 10^4$ &$>$3450 & &$>$1240 \\
$M_{\rm tot}$ [$M_\odot$] & $5\times 10^4$ & $0.18\times 10^4$ & $0.7 \times 10^4$ & 1--$1.6 \times 10^4$ & $>$$1.3 \times 10 ^4$ & $10 \times 10 ^4$ & $(0.7--0.8) \times 10^4$    \\
\hline
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$^a$~Brandner et~al. (\cite{bra08}); $^b$~Hillenbrand \& Hartmann (\cite{hillenbrand98});
$^c$~Ascenso et~al. (\cite{ascenso07}); $^d$~Harayama et~al. (2007); $^e$~Figer et~al. (\cite{figer99}); Stolte et~al. (\cite{stolte05}); $^f$~Andersen et~al. (2007); Brandl et~al. (\cite{brandl96}).
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