NGC6496 21 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)= 20.892 +- 0.323 a(1)= 0.938 +- 0.502 a(2)= 0.301 +- 0.420 a(3)= 0.139 +- 0.341 Power-of-x coeffients a(0)+a(1)x+a(2)x^2+..., where x=1+(r/r_c), r_c=1.79 a(0)= 9.6693 a(1)= 2.0232 a(2)= -4.4886 a(3)= 4.7949 log r(arcsec) mu_V mu_V(fitted) residual weight data set