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B. Catalog of profile fit parameters

Column 1. Identification name as in Appendix A.

Columns 2.+3. Right ascension and declination (epoch 2000.0) as in Appendix A.

Column 4. Galaxy type as determined by morphological classification and analysis of surface brightness profiles.

Column 5. Total V magnitude as in Appendix A.

Column 6. Apparent core radius $r_{\rm c,app}$ in arcsec (= radius where the apparent central surface intensity has its half value).

Column 7. Corrected core radius $r_{\rm c,cor}$ in arcsec (using Kormendy's correction 1985).

Column 8. Corrected central surface brightness $\mu_{\rm 0,cor}$ in V (using Kormendy's correction 1985).

Column 9. Exponent n of Sersic profile fit.

Column 10. Central surface brightness $\mu_{\rm 0,Sersic}$ in V of Sersic profile fit.

Column 11. Scale length $r_{\rm 0,Sersic}$ of Sersic profile fit in arcsec.

Column 12. Central surface brightness $\mu_{\rm 0,dV}$ of a de Vaucouleurs profile fit.

Column 13. Effective radius $r_{\rm eff,dV}$ of the de Vaucouleurs fit in arcsec. Radius, where the surface brightness is two times fainter than in the center.

Column 14. Central surface brightness $\mu_{\rm 0,exp}$ of an exponential law.

Column 15. Scale length $\alpha$ of an exponential law in arcsec.

Column 16. Flag for the exponential profile fit indicating, if a bulge "b'' is present, a light deficiency in the center "d'', a nucleus "n'', or if the profile follows an exponential law at all radii "e''.


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