Table 1:
Best-fit parameters derived from RT-modelling of NGC 4013, NGC 5907 and NGC 4565 in the V-band.
is the visual optical depth when the galaxy is viewed face-on and
is the inferred
inclination of the object.
and
are, respectively, the exponential scalelength and
exponential scaleheight of the dust assuming the distance listed in the second column. Distances to NGC 4013, NGC 4565
and NGC 5907 are taken, respectively, from Bottema (1995), Rupen (1991) and van der Kruit & Searle (1982).