In M81=NGC3031 Explosion ~ Mar 23 1993 We were too early by 9 days to see peak in our March Run. IAUCs suggest max V @3/31V=10.3(but no color corrections). UN-OFFICIAL Photometry - 3/31.2 K=10.6 +/- 0.3 Location: 45"W + 160"S of Nucleus NOTE: K Mag confirmed in IAUC 5737 by Lester@McDonald Obs. Note: IAUC5741 3/32 K=10.41 CNR TIRGO Observatory.
D. Van Buren, T. Jarrett, S. Terebey, and C. Beichman, Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology and Jet Propulsion Laboratory; and M. Shure and C. Kaminski, NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, report their discovery of an apparent supernova in NGC 3690 (= Markarian 171) at R.A. = 11h25m42s.0, Decl. = +58o50'10" (equinox 1950.0) on archival images taken in the K (2.2-micron) band as part of a search for supernovae in starburst galaxies. Offsets from Core B1 (cf. Wynn-Williams et al. 1991, Ap.J. 377, 426) of the galaxy are 5" east and 3" south. The object appears in ProtoCam data (obtained at the IRTF, Mauna Kea) for 1992 Mar. 9 UT (when K = 16.6 +/- 0.2), Apr. 10 (17.2 +/- 0.3), and May 6 (18.1 +/- 0.5). It does not appear to limiting magnitude K about 19 in NSFCam IRTF images from 1993 Dec 27.