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Table 2.

Overview of the modelling ingredients and normalisations for M 51.

Component Parameter Value
M 51a

Old stellar population

Bulge n 0.995
q 0.817
Re [pc] 621.1
Normalisation 0.54 × 109

Disc 2D geometry IRAC 3.6 μm
hdisc,  z [pc] 390.8
Normalisation 3.67 × 109

Young non-ionising stellar population

Disc 2D geometry GALEX FUV
hdisc,  z [pc] 195.4
Normalisation Lyni,  FUV [L] 2.15 × 1010

Young ionising stellar population

Disc 2D geometry Hα + 0.031 × MIPS 24 μm
hdisc,  z [pc] 97.7
Normalisation Lyi,  FUV [L] 6.61 × 109

M 51b

Old stellar population

Bulge n 2.58
q 0.564
Re [pc] 222.4
Normalisation 0.37 × 109

Disc 2D geometry IRAC 3.6 μm
hdisc,  z [pc] 370.9
Normalisation 1.11 × 109

M 51

Dust

Disc 2D geometry FUV attenuation map
hdisc,  z [pc] 195.4
Normalisation Mdust [M] 3.40 × 107

Notes. The normalisations are the initial values in our parameter space, as derived from the CIGALE SED fitting of M 51. Bulge parameters: n is the Sérsic index, q is the intrinsic flattening factor, and Re is the effective radius.

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