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Table 1: The observational data of NGC 5907. Most columns are self explaining. ${\it FWHM}$ is the full width half maximum of the seeing. The two last columns give the total magnitudes and errors from our measurements, corrected for galactic foreground extinction.
Table 2: Parameters of the final model for NGC 5907. At the left hand side the physical quantities of the stellar disc are given and at the right hand side the parameters for the dust component. Inclination i and cutoff radius $R_{\rm max}$ are the same for all components. S₀ is the integrated star formation at the centre and $g_{\rm eff}$ is the conversion factor to the stellar surface density $\Sigma_{\rm s,0}=g_{\rm eff}S_0=115~{M}_{\odot}\rm~ pc^{-2}$ . C_z is the shape correction factor of the stellar density profile.
Table 3: Input parameters for the final model of NGC 5907. At the left hand side the physical quantities at R₀=10 kpc are given and at the right hand side the corresponding normalised parameters of the normalised profile. The corresponding description is given in Sect. 6.3.
Table 4: Intrinsic properties of the final model of NGC 5907 in the different bands. The absolute quantities (central emissivity, surface brightness and total luminosity) depend on the central stellar surface density and the radial and vertical scale length as given in Table 2. The first row gives the central emissivity $\epsilon _0$ and the second row shows the enhancement factor $(\epsilon /\epsilon _{\rm exp})_0$ with respect to the exponential extrapolation form $z\approx 3z_{\rm s}$ to the midplane. The mass-to-light ratios (M/L)₀at the midplane are very low due to the high fraction young stars. The next two rows give the central face-on surface brightness L(R=0) in physical and observational units. $m_{\rm tot}$ is the total apparent luminosity with the distance module $\Delta m=30.2$ mag and $\Delta m_{\rm te}=m_{\rm tot}-m_{\rm exp}$ quantifies the additional stellar light compared to pure exponential vertical profiles. The average stellar mass-to-light ratios $(M/L)_{\rm tot}$ of the model are the same for each vertical profile and the whole disc. For the exponential extrapolation $(M/L)_{\rm exp}$ is constant all over the disc and equals the M/L of the model at large heights z.