\begin{table}%T1
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\caption{Broad band $JHK$ photometry for \object{AFGL~2298}; the data are from  $^1$Garcia-Lario et~al. (\cite{garcia}),
$^2$Ueta et~al. (\cite{ueta}) and 
$^3$Pasquali \& Comeron (\cite{pasquali}).\label{tab1}}
\begin{tabular}{lccc}
\hline\hline
 Date & $J$ & $H$ & $K$ \\
\hline\\[-3.2mm]
 1989 May-June$^1$ & 12.00$~\pm~$0.30 & 8.99$~\pm~$0.03 & 6.91$~\pm~$0.02 \\
           1999 Jun. 12$^2$  & 12.21$~\pm~$0.12 & 8.94$~\pm~$0.06 & 7.07$~\pm~$0.05 \\
           1999 Nov. 14$^2$  & 12.44$~\pm~$0.07 & 9.32$~\pm~$0.05 & 7.60$~\pm~$0.08 \\
           2000 Aug. 5$^2$  & 12.61$~\pm~$0.51 & 10.44$~\pm~$0.16 & 8.58$~\pm~$0.11 \\
           2001 Apr. 4  & 13.24$~\pm~$0.05 & 9.87$~\pm~$0.03 & 7.78$~\pm~$0.02 \\
           2001 Jun. 29  & 13.51$~\pm~$0.05 & 9.82$~\pm~$0.03 & 7.63$~\pm~$0.02 \\
           2001 Jun. 30  & 13.43$~\pm~$0.05 & 9.91$~\pm~$0.03 & 7.69$~\pm~$0.02 \\
           2001 Aug. 29$^3$ & 13.21$~\pm~$0.1 & 9.88$~\pm~$0.05 & 8.06$~\pm~$0.05 \\
           2002 Apr. 27 & 13.51$~\pm~$0.02 & 9.93$~\pm~$0.02 & 7.84$~\pm~$0.02 \\
           2002 May 14 & 13.46$~\pm~$0.02 & 9.94$~\pm~$0.02 & 7.88$~\pm~$0.02 \\
           2002 Jul. 18 & 13.59$~\pm~$0.02 & 10.05$~\pm~$0.02 & 7.97$~\pm~$0.02 \\
           2002 Aug. 1 & 13.58$~\pm~$0.02 & 10.03$~\pm~$0.02 & 7.92$~\pm~$0.02 \\
           2002 Aug. 14 & 13.51$~\pm~$0.02 & 10.01$~\pm~$0.02 & 7.91$~\pm~$0.02 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}