NGC5024 (M53) 6 iterations. Chebyshev coeffients a(0)T_0(u)+a(1)T_1(u)+..., where u is log (r/arcsec) mapped to [-1,1] a(0)= 22.315 +- 0.103 a(1)= 5.945 +- 0.171 a(2)= 0.996 +- 0.132 Power-of-x coeffients a(0)+a(1)x+a(2)x^2+..., where x=1+(r/r_c)^2, r_c=1.42 a(0)= 6.2078 a(1)= 1.0180 a(2)= 0.5364 log r(arcsec) mu_V mu_V(fitted) residual weight data set