\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{phot_observations}Journal for photometric observations.} \par %\centerline {\small \begin{tabular}{llllll} \hline\hline \ion{H}{ii} region & \multicolumn{3}{c}{Exposure (s)} & & Date \\ \cline{2-4} \noalign{\smallskip} & $U$ & $B$ & $V$ & & \\ \hline \noalign{\smallskip} \object{RCW~55 } & $3\times500$ & $4\times90$ & $3\times60$ & & 2007 May 26 \\ \object{NGC~3503} & & $5\times450$ & $5\times240$ & & 2005 Apr. 13 \\ & & $5\times120$ & $5\times60$ & & 2009 Mar 16 \\ \object{RCW~87 } & & $5\times450$ & $5\times240$ & & 2005 Apr. 14 \\ & $9\times500$ & $5\times500$ & $3\times300$ & & 2007 May 24 \\ \object{RCW~98 } & $6\times500$ & $9\times120$ & $10\times60$ & & 2007 May 25 \\ & $6\times500$ & $5\times100$ & $7\times60$ & & 2007 May 26 \\ \object{RCW~99 } & $6\times500$ & $5\times120$ & $5\times60$ & & 2007 May 25 \\ \object{Gum~61 }$^\dagger$ & $9\times500$ & $5\times200$ & $5\times100$ & & 2007 May 24 \\ \object{Gum~64a}$^\dagger$ & $4\times500$ & $5\times120$ & $5\times60$ & & 2007 May 25 \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \tablefoot{$\dagger$~Part of \object{NGC~6334}.} \end{table}