NGC6218 (M12) 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)= 21.713 +- 0.115 a(1)= 4.607 +- 0.188 a(2)= 1.114 +- 0.165 a(3)= 0.224 +- 0.148 Power-of-x coeffients a(0)+a(1)x+a(2)x^2+..., where x=1+(r/r_c)^2, r_c=1.68 a(0)= 7.1383 a(1)= 1.4557 a(2)= -0.2095 a(3)= 0.2708 log r(arcsec) mu_V mu_V(fitted) residual weight data set