\begin{table}%t5 \caption{\label{tab5}Integrated NIR photometry of the whole region N88A.} \par %\centering \small \begin{tabular}{lcccccccl} \hline\hline\noalign{\smallskip} Reference & $J$ & $H$ & $K$ & $L'$ & $J-K$ & $K{\rm s}-L'$ & {\it FWHM} &$A_{\rm v}$ \\ & & & & & & & ($\arcsec$) & \\ \hline \noalign{\smallskip} Denis\tablefootmark{d} & 12.19 & &11.11 & &1.08 & & 4 & 7.3 \\ 2MASS\tablefootmark{m} & 12.31 &11.98 &11.18 & &1.13 & & 4 & 7.3 \\ Israel\tablefootmark{i} & & &11.05 &8.92 & &2 & 10 & \\ this paper & 12.15 &11.92 &11.08 & & & & 4 & 7.1 \\ \hline \end{tabular} \tablefoot {\tablefoottext{d}{Cioni et~al. (\cite{Cion00});} \tablefoottext{m}{Cutri et~al. (\cite{Cutr03});} \tablefoottext{i}{Israel \& Koorneef (\cite{Isra91}). From the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) archive, Charmandaris et~al. (\cite{Char08}) using an aperture of $\sim$7$\arcsec$, give for the wavelength 3.6~$\mu$m ($L$-band), 4.5~$\mu$m, 5.8~$\mu$m and 8~$\mu$m a magnitude for N88A of~9.52, 8.29, 7.1 and 5.58~mag respectively.}} \vspace*{13mm} \end{table}