Comparison of model-predictions (solid line) with the UV-IR stars (solid circles) and GALEX+SDSS stars (open circles) as a function of the GALEX NUV magnitude for the regions at the GHL (7a), the GP (7b), the GAR (7c), and the GLL (7d). In plot 7d, the solid line represents the model NUV star counts produced assuming the standard diffuse extinction (as in other fields) whereas the dashed line is the same after correcting the extinction using the value from the Schlegel et al. (1998) maps (see Sect. 5). The model error bars shown in the plots are due to Poisson noise.