\begin{table}%T4
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\par
\caption{Stellar parameters and predicted broadband photometry of \object{AFGL~2298} in 2001 June and 2002 August,  derived from comparison to 
NLTE synthetic spectra (see Sect.~3 for details).
Note that both~$v_{\exp}$ and the H/He abundance ratio cannot be determined directly 
from the present dataset and  hence were set to values 
appropiate to high luminosity mid-$B$ supergiants; note that solar Fe \& Mg abundances are assumed.\label{tab4}}
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
\hline\hline
Parameter  & 2001 & 2002  \\
\hline\\[-4mm]
$v_{\exp}$(km~s$^{-1}$) & 200  & 200 \\ 
H/He      & 5 & 5 \\
$T_{\rm eff}$ (kK)& 12.5 & 15 \\
log($L_{\ast}/L_{\odot}$) & 6.2& 6.1  \\
$R_{\ast}$ ($R_{\odot}$) & 260 & 165 \\
log($\dot{M}$) ($M_{\odot}$~yr$^{-1}$) & --4.3 & --3.9 \\
\hline
Photometry & & \\
\hline
$R$ & 25.4 & 25.8 \\
$I$ & 18.9 & 19.3 \\
$J$ & 13.4 & 13.7 \\
$H$ & 9.8 & 10.0 \\
$K$ & 7.9 & 7.9 \\
$L$ & 6.1 & 5.9 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}