NGC6517 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)= 20.604 +- 0.110 a(1)= 3.204 +- 0.182 a(2)= 0.342 +- 0.156 a(3)= 0.181 +- 0.147 Power-of-x coeffients a(0)+a(1)x+a(2)x^2+..., where x=1+(r/r_c), r_c=0.80 a(0)= 7.2538 a(1)= 2.3161 a(2)= -0.6645 a(3)= 0.2151 log r(arcsec) mu_V mu_V(fitted) residual weight data set