\begin{table}%t4 \caption{\label{tab:SidingSpringObs}Journal of observations for \object{NGC~6253} taken on $15$, $17$ and $22$ of June, $2004$ at Siding Spring in $J$~band.} %\centering \small \begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline\hline Night & UT(start) & UT(end) & Hours & Seeing (arcsec) & Exp (s) & N.imm. \\ \hline II & 12:30 & 18:30 & 3.52 & 1.7(0.3) & 5--60 & 218 \\ IV & 7:52 & 16:25 & 5.80 & 1.5(0.4) & 60 & 348 \\ IX & 8:48 & 18:39 & 6.72 & 1.1(0.3) & 10--60 & 348 \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{table}