\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{ObsTable}Journal of the VLT GRB~021004 optical/nIR spectroscopic observations.} %\centering \par \begin{tabular}{clcccc} \hline\hline \noalign{\smallskip} UT Time & Instr. & Exp. & Spectral & {\it S/N} & Resolution\\ (start) & & time (s) & range (\rm \AA) & ratio\tablefootmark{a} & $\lambda/\Delta(\lambda)$\\ \hline 03:02 & UVES & 3600 & 3290--4520 & 1 & $\sim$56~000 \\ & & & 4620--5595 & 2.2 & $\sim$51~500 \\ & & & 5675--6645 & 2.7 & $\sim$51~500 \\ 03:02 & ISAAC & 3600 & 14~200--18~300 & 5.2 & $\sim$500 \\ 04:10 & UVES & 3600 & 3050--3870 & 1 & $\sim$51~300 \\ & & & 4780--5755 & 3.7 & $\sim$50~500 \\ & & & 5835--6805 & 5.4 & $\sim$50~500 \\ 05:15 & UVES & 3600 & 3750--4650 & 2.4 & $\sim$51~500 \\ & & & 6705--8520 & 4.1 & $\sim$52~300 \\ & & & 8665--10~400 & 2.2 & $\sim$48~700 \\ 05:27 & ISAAC & 3000 & 18~400--25~800 & 2.3 & $\sim$450 \\ %\hline \hline \end{tabular} \tablefoot{All observations were obtained on October 5 (UT).\\ \tablefoottext{a}{Per resolution element.}} %\vspace*{-2.5mm} \end{table}