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\caption{Sample of candidate massive YSOs. Column 1: IRAS point source
catalogue number; Col.~2: Name corresponding \ion{H}{ii} region;
Col.~3: Number \mbox{$K$-band} point source \citep{Kaper06}; Cols.~4, 5:
right ascension and declination; Cols.~6, 7: $K$ and $J-K$
\citep[from][]{Kaper06}; Col.~8: $A_{\rm V}$ applied to deredden
the sources (see text); Cols.~9, 10: Resulting absolute \mbox{$K$-band}
magnitude and intrinsic $(J-K)_{\rm 0}$; Col.~11: Adopted
distance with in between brackets the reference: B96: \citet{Bronfman96} with the galactic rotation
model of \citet{Brand93}, C87: \citet{Caswell87} C91: \citet{Chini81},
C95: \citet{Carpenter95}, F02: \citet{Figueredo02}, K89:
\citet{Koempe89}, K94: \citet{Kurtz94}, K01: \citet{Karnik01}, Kpc:
Kurtz, private communication, L92: \citet{Liseau92}, S90:
\citet{Simpson90}, T91: \citet{Tapai91}, W89: \citet{WoodRadio89}, W97:
\citet{Walsh97}.\label{tab:sample}}
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\multicolumn{1}{c}{IRAS}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{H~\sc{ii} region} &\multicolumn{1}{c}{nr}	&\multicolumn{1}{c}{$\alpha$ (2000)}& \multicolumn{1}{c}{$\delta$ (2000)}&  \multicolumn{1}{c}{$K$}& \multicolumn{1}{c}{$J-K$}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{ $A_{\rm V}$}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{$K_{\rm 0}$}  &  \multicolumn{1}{c}{$J-K_{\rm 0}$}        & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$d$ (kpc)}\\ \hline 
%05393$+$0156&NGC2024   &	IRS2	&05:41:45.7	&-01:54:30.8           	&\phantom{1}5.0  $\pm$ 0.200     & 7.2 $\pm$ 0.22&  28.5 &     -7.0   &       0.9   & 0.4   &  B94                \\ %\hline
\object{06058$+$2138}&\object{AFGL 5180}&	227	&06:08:54.8	&\phantom{--}21:38:49.1 	&10.7 $\pm$ 0.03	        & $>$7.0      	&   9 &     --2.0   &\phantom{--}5.5   & 2.2  (K89)              \\ %\hline
\object{06058$+$2138}&\object{AFGL 5180}&	221	&06:08:55.1	&\phantom{--}21:37:55.5 	&10.7 $\pm$ 0.03    	        &3.8 $\pm$ 0.11	&   9 &     --2.0   & \phantom{--}2.3   & 2.2  (K89)              \\ %\hline
\object{06061$+$2151}&\object{AFGL 5182}&        676	&06:09:07.0	&\phantom{--}21:50:31.8 	&13.3 $\pm$ 0.08	        &4.2 $\pm$ 0.50 &  13 &    \phantom{--}0.1   & \phantom{--}2.0   & 2.2  (C95)               \\ %\hline
\object{06084$-$0611}&\object{GGD 14}   &	118	&06:10:50.3	&--06:11:57.6           	&10.8 $\pm$ 0.03	        &4.2 $\pm$ 0.14 &  17 &     --1.1   & \phantom{--}1.3   & 1.0  (K94)               \\ %\hline
\object{06084$-$0611}&\object{GGD 14}   &	114	&06:10:50.3	&--06:11:19.4           	&\phantom{1}9.3  $\pm$ 0.01	&4.7 $\pm$ 0.08 &  17 &     --2.6   & \phantom{--}1.8   & 1.0  (K94)              \\ %\hline
\object{06412$-$0105}&	               &	121	&06:43:48.4	&--01:08:20.6           	&10.2 $\pm$ 0.02	        &1.8 $\pm$ 0.04 &  11 &     --5.3   & \phantom{--}0.0   & 7.3  (Kpc)              \\ %\hline
\object{07299$-$1651}&\object{DG 121}  &	598	&07:32:11.7	&--16:58:32.9           	&11.2 $\pm$ 0.03	        &1.6 $\pm$ 0.06 &  10 &     --0.7   &           --0.1   & 1.4  (W97)                \\ %\hline
\object{07299$-$1651}&\object{DG 121}  &	618	&07:32:09.8	&--16:58:14.7           	&\phantom{1}9.4  $\pm$ 0.01	&4.8 $\pm$ 0.09 &  14 &     --2.9   &  \phantom{--}2.4   & 1.4  (W97)                 \\ %\hline
\object{07299$-$1651}& \object{DG 121}  &	43	&07:32:09.8	&--16:58:14.6           	&\phantom{1}9.4  $\pm$ 0.01	&4.7 $\pm$ 0.09 &  14 &     --2.9   &  \phantom{--}2.3   & 1.4  (W97)                \\ %\hline
\object{07299$-$1651}& \object{DG 121}  &	314	&07:32:09.6	&--16:58:13.8           	&11.5 $\pm$ 0.03	        & $>$6.0       &  14 &     --0.8   &  \phantom{--}3.6   & 1.4  (W97)                 \\ %\hline
\object{08576$-$4334}&	               &	292	&08:59:21.6	&--43:45:31.6           	&\phantom{1}9.4  $\pm$ 0.01	&2.4 $\pm$ 0.03 &  12 &     --1.2   &  \phantom{--}0.4   & 0.7  (L92)               \\ %\hline
\object{08576$-$4334}&	               &	408	&08:59:28.4	&--43:46:03.6           	&\phantom{1}7.3  $\pm$ 0.01	&3.1 $\pm$ 0.02 &  12 &     --3.3   &    \phantom{--}1.1   & 0.7  (L92)               \\ %\hline
\object{11097$-$6102}&\object{NGC 3576} &	1218	&11:11:53.3	&--61:18:22.0           	&\phantom{1}8.4  $\pm$ 0.01	&5.6 $\pm$ 0.09 &  17 &     --5.8   &    \phantom{--}2.7   & 2.8  (F02)               \\ %\hline
\object{11097$-$6102}&\object{NGC 3576} &	693	&11:11:54.6	&--61:18:23.4           	&\phantom{1}9.2  $\pm$ 0.01	&3.4 $\pm$ 0.04 &  17 &     --4.4   &    \phantom{--}0.5   & 2.8  (F02)               \\ %\hline
\object{15411$-$5352}&	               &	1955	&15:44:59.5	&--54:02:19.2           	&\phantom{1}7.9  $\pm$ 0.01	&4.3 $\pm$ 0.03 &  15 &     --6.0   &    \phantom{--}1.8   & 2.8  (B96)               \\ %\hline
\object{16164$-$5046}&	               &	3636	&16:20:11.3	&--50:53:25.2           	&\phantom{1}9.5  $\pm$ 0.02	&$>$8.1       	&  13 &     --4.8   &    \phantom{--}5.9   & 3.6  (K01)              \\ %\hline
\object{16571$-$4029}&\object{RCW 116B} &	1281	&17:00:34.5	&--40:33:40.5           	&\phantom{1}9.3  $\pm$ 0.01	&2.5 $\pm$ 0.06 &  16 &     --2.7   &    \phantom{--}1.5   & 1.0  (C87)               \\ %\hline
\object{17136$-$3617}&\object{GM 1-24}  &	649	&17:17:01.5	&--36:20:57.7           	&\phantom{1}9.5  $\pm$ 0.01	&3.8 $\pm$ 0.06 &  21 &     --4.4   &    \phantom{--}0.3   & 2.0  (T91)               \\ %\hline
\object{17258$-$3637}&	               &	593	&17:29:16.1	&--36:40:07.0           	&\phantom{1}9.6  $\pm$ 0.01	&5.5 $\pm$ 0.17 &  16 &     --4.0   &    \phantom{--}2.8   & 2.3  (B96)              \\ %\hline
\object{18006$-$2422}&\object{M 8}      &	766	&18:03:40.3	&--24:22:39.6           	&\phantom{1}9.4  $\pm$ 0.01	&2.8 $\pm$ 0.04 &  7  &     --2.7   &    \phantom{--}1.7   & 1.9  (C91)              \\ %\hline
\object{18507$+$0110}&\object{AFGL 2271}&	248	&18:53:21.5	&\phantom{--}01:14:00.1 	&10.3 $\pm$ 0.02	        &5.4 $\pm$ 0.18 &  27 &     --5.6   &    \phantom{--}0.9   & 3.7  (W89)               \\ \hline
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