\begin{table}%t3
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\par
\small
\caption{The first rows of the \deep\ near-infrared catalog of stars in
a $4\farcm5 \times 4\farcm5$ central region of Fornax. The entire
catalog is available only electronically at the CDS.}\label{t_deep}
\begin{tabular}{lccccc}
\hline\hline \noalign{\smallskip}      
ID & $\alpha$ & $\delta$ & $J$ & $H$ & $K$  \\
\hline                    
    257 & 2 40 30.48 &$-34$ 31 26.27     &  13.703 &  13.199 &  13.135 \\ 
    818 & 2 40 30.45 &$-34$ 31 50.01     &  14.575 &  14.176 &  14.130 \\ 
   1544 & 2 40 30.40 &$-34$ 28 58.51     &  15.265 &  14.426 &  14.238 \\ 
    782 & 2 40 30.38 &$-34$ 31 43.16     &  16.251 &  15.706 &  15.634 \\ 
   1728 & 2 40 30.35 &$-34$ 28 32.03     &  15.936 &  15.178 &  15.066 \\ 
\hline                  
\end{tabular}
\end{table}