\begin{table}%t4 \caption{\label{tab:egal}Name, distance ($d$), size on the sky ($s$), inclination angle ($i$), Galactic latitude ($gb$) and logarithm of the mass ($\log M$) for the ten highest-ranking candidates for a LOFAR extragalactic pulsar survey. } \par %\centerline { \begin{tabular}{lccccc} \hline \hline Name & $d$& $s$ & $i$ & $gb$ & $\log M$ \\ & Mpc & arcmin & deg & deg & $M_\odot$ \\ \hline M~31 & 0.7 & 193 & 78 & --22 & 11.4 \\ M~81 & 1.4 & 22 & 60 & 41 & 10.7 \\ M~33 & 0.7 & 56 & 56 & --31 & 10.1 \\ M~94 & 4.3 & 12 & 33 & 76 & 10.8 \\ NGC~2403 & 4.2 & 23 & 62 & 29 & 10.7 \\ NGC~4236 & 2.2 & 19 & 73 & 47 & 9.8 \\ NGC~4244 & 3.1 & 15 & 90 & 77 & 10.0 \\ NGC~4395 & 3.6 & 13 & 38 & 82 & 10.1 \\ NGC~3077 & 2.1 & 5 & 43 & 42 & 9.1 \\ UGC~7321 & 3.8 & 5 & 90 & 81 & 9.7 \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \medskip \par Data taken from \citet{tul88}. \end{table}