\begin{table} %t7
\caption{Decline rates in mag per 100 days. }
\label{tab:decratespaper}
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{\begin{tabular}{lcccccccc}
\hline\hline
Epoch  &  $U$ & $B$ & $V$ & $R$ &$I$ &$J_s$ &$H$ &$K_s$ \\
\hline
200--540 days$^a$  &    1.33(0.24) &  1.38(0.05)  &  1.58(0.03)  &  1.37(0.05)  &   1.28(0.06) & 0.45(0.09) & 0.23(0.09) &$>$0.30  \\
\hline 
\end{tabular}}
$^a~$In the $U$-band only to 340 days.\\
$^b~$Numbers in brackets are the formal errors of the weighted least-squares linear fits to the photometric data.
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\end{table}