Example SED fits for LTGs (T >  0.5). Top row: galaxies whose SEDs have a large band coverage (≥25 datapoints), bottom row: those with a worse coverage (≤17 datapoints). Galaxies on the left have fits with χ² at the peak of its distribution (0.3 <  χ² <  0.6), those on the right a worse fit with χ² >  4. The blue lines show CIGALE’s best fit; both f_abs Bayesian estimate (with uncertainty), used in the main text, and the estimate from best-fit parameters (i.e. the one describing the best fit itself) are reported. When available, we also show: in red, the MAGPHYS best fit (and Bayesian estimate of f_abs); in purple, the piece-wise SED used for galaxies with very good data coverage (and the estimate of f_abs by direct integration of it). For the alternative estimates, see Appendix A.