Supernovae in Messier Catalog Galaxies

Listed below are the 62 supernovae (+ one non-SN former candidate) discovered in Messier's galaxies up to the time of this writing (August 2013), plus one in the "surplus" galaxy M51B (NGC 5195), and two in surplus M109B (NGC 3953).

Also note our short table sorted by galaxy. Parts of the data taken from the CfA/Harvard All Supernova List.

SN         Galaxy  Date         Offset         Mag.  Type Reference       Discoverer(s)

1885A      M31     17 Aug 1885   15.0W   4.0S   5.8  I    AN 2685         Hartwig (S And)
1901B      M100    17 Mar 1900  110.0W   4.0N  15.6  unk  Lick O.B. 300   Curtis
1909A      M101    26 Jan 1909  620.0W 408.0N  12.1  unk  AN 4311         Wolf (SS UMa)
1914A      M100     2 Mar 1914   24.0E 111.0S  15.7  unk  Lick O.B. 300   Curtis
1919A      M87     24 Feb 1919   15.0W 100.0N  12.3  unk  AN 5144         Balanowsky
1923A      M83      5 May 1923  109.0E  58.0N  14.0  unk  PASP 34, PA 31  Lampland
1926A      M61      9 May 1926   11.0W  69.0N  14.0  II   IAUC  111       Wolf, Reinmuth
1939B      M59     19 May 1939    0.0   53.0S  11.9  unk  IAUC  774       Zwicky
1945A      M51B     8 Apr 1945    6.0W   4.0S  14.9  unk  IAUC 1018       Humason
1945B      M83     13 Jul 1945   97.0W 175.0S  14.2  unk  IAUC 5091       Liller
1950B      M83     15 Mar 1950  105.0W   0.0N  14.5  unk  HAC 1074        Haro
1951H      M101       Sep 1951  350.0E  45.0N  17.5  unk                   
1956A      M109     8 Mar 1956   67.0E   9.0S  12.3  Ia                   Gates
1957B      M84     23 Apr 1957    8.0W  47.0N  12.5  Ia   IAUC 1600       Romano, Gates
1957D      M83        Dec 1957   41.0W 145.0N  15.0  unk                  Gates
1959E      M100    21 Feb 1960   58.0E  21.0S  17.5  unk  PASP 73, 175    Humason
1960R      M85     20 Dec 1960    8.0E 132.0S  12.0  Ia   IAUC 1750       Gates, Rosino
1961I      M61      3 Jun 1961   82.0E  12.0S  13.0  II   IAUC 1761       Humason
1964F      M61        Jun 1964   28.0W   1.0S  14.0  II   IAUC 1868       Rosino
1967H      M99      2 Jul 1967   80.0E  19.0S  14.6  unk  IAUC 2021       Zwicky
1968L      M83     17 Jul 1968    5.0W   0.0N  11.9  II   IAUC 2085       Bennett
1969B      M108     6 Feb 1969  116.0W  20.0S  16.0  unk  IAUC 2131       Wild, Balazs
1969Q?     M49        Jun 1969  120.0E   0.0   13.0  unk  IAUC 2153       Evans
1970G      M101    30 Jul 1970   97.0W 370.0S  11.5  II   IAUC 2269       Lovas
1971I      M63     24 May 1971    2.0W 147.0S  11.5  Ia   IAUC 2330       Jolly, Clark
1972Q      M99     14 Dec 1972   15.0E  97.0N  15.8  unk  IAUC 2472       Rosino
1973R      M66     19 Dec 1973   49.0W  25.0N  14.5  II   IAUC 2615       Rosino
1979C      M100    19 Apr 1979   56.0E  87.0S  12.1  IIL  IAUC 3348       Johnson
1980I      M84     13 Jun 1980                 14.0  Ia-p IAUC 3492       Rosker
1981K      M106     3 Nov 1981   17.0E  76.0N  17.0  II   IAUC 3803       Hummel, Wild
1983N      M83      3 Jul 1983  120.0W 130.0S  12.5  Ib   IAUC 3835       Evans
1986D    - M82   no SN !          9.0W   2.0S             IAUC 4197       Lebofsky, Rieke, Kailey
1986I      M99     17 May 1986   36.0E  16.0S  14.0  II   IAUC 4219       Pennypacker et al.
1988A      M58     16 Jan 1988    0.0W  40.0S  13.5  II   IAUC 4533       Ikeya, Evans, Pollas, Horiguchi
1989B      M66     30 Jan 1989   15.0W  50.0N  13    Ia   IAUC 4726       Evans, Manzini
1989M      M58     28 Jun 1989   40.0W  33.0N  12.2  Ia   IAUC 4802       Kimeridze
1991bg     M84      3 Dec 1991   20.0E  80.0S  14.8  Ia-p IAUC 5400       Kushida
1993J      M81     28 Mar 1993   45.0W 160.0S  10.2  IIb  IAUC 5731       Garcia
1994I      M51      2 Apr 1994   14.0E  12.0S  13.5  Ic?  IAUC 5961       Puckett, Armstrong, Johnson, Millar, Berry, Kushida
1997bs     M66     15 Apr 1997   13.0W  67.0S  17.0  LBV  IAUC 6627       Lick Observatory Supernova Search
1998bu     M96      9 May 1998    4.3E  55.3N  11.8  Ia   IAUC 6899       Villi
1999cl     M88     29 May 1999   46.0W  23.0N  13.6  Ia   IAUC 7185       Lick Observatory Supernova Search
1999gn     M61     17 Dec 1999   31.7E  39.8S  15.5  II   IAUC 7335       Dimai
2001dp     M109B   12 Aug 2001   34.8W  80.2N  14.5  Ia   IAUC 7683       Migliardi, Dal Farra
2002ap     M74     29 Jan 2002  258.0W 108.0S  13.7 Ib/cp IAUC 7810       Yoji Hirose
2003gd     M74     12 Jun 2003   13.2E 161.0S  13.2  II   IAUC 8150       Evans
2004W      M60     29 Jan 2004   51.6W  78.7S  18.8  Ia   IAUC 8286       Lick Observatory Supernova Search
2004am     M82     21 Nov 2003   30.0W   7.0S  16.0  II   IAUC 8297       Lick Observatory Supernova Search
2005cs     M51     27 Jun 2005   15.0W  67.3S  13.5  II   IAUC 8553       Wolfgang Kloehr
2006X      M100     7 Feb 2006   12.0W  48.0S  15.3  Ia   IAUC 8667       Shoji Suzuki, M. Migliardi (CROSS)
2006bp     M109B    9 Apr 2006   62.0E  93.0N  16.7  II   CBET  470       Koichi Itagaki
2006ov     M61     24 Nov 2006    5.5E  51.0N  14.8  II   CBET  756       Koichi Itagaki
2008in     M61     26 Dec 2008  102.0E  22.0N  14.3  IIP  CBET 1638       Koichi Itagaki
2008iz     M82     24 Mar 2008    2.0W 1.3S    20.0  II   CBET 1803       Brunthaler e.a. (VLA)
Poss SN    M82    1-5 May 2009                            ATel 2073       Muxlow e.a. (MERLIN)
2009hd     M66      2 Jul 2009   28.0E  42.0S  15.8  IIP  CBET 1867       Berto Monard
2011dh     M51     31 May 2011  138.0E  92.0N  14.2  IIb  CBET 2736       Reiland, Griga, Riou, Lamotte Bailey 
2011fe     M101    24 Aug 2011   58.6E 270.7S   9.9  Ia   CBET 2792       Palomar Transient Factory (PTF)
2012aw     M95     16 Mar 2012   60.0W 115.0S  13.1  IIp  CBET 3054       Paolo Fagotti, Jure Skvarc
2013am     M65     21 Mar 2013   15.3E 103.2S  15.6  II   CBET 3440       M. Sugano
2013ej     M74     25 Jul 2013   92.0E 135.0S  13.5  IIp  CBET 3606       Kim, Zheng et al. (LOSS)
2014J      M82     21 Jan 2014   54.0W  21.0S  10.0 Ia-HV CBET 3792       Steve J. Fossey
2014L      M99     26 Jan 2014   14.0W  16.0S  15.4  Ic   CBET 3795       Zhang, Wang et.al. (THU-NAOC)
PSN2014    M61     23 Mar 2014    2.0W   8.0S  20.0       ATel 6016       LOSS - probable nova!
2014bc     M106    20 May 2014    1.0E   3.0S  14.8  IIP  CBET 3876       PS1 Science Cons.
2014dt     M61     29 Oct 2014   33.2E   7.2N  13.2  Ia-p CBET 4011       Koichi Itagaki
2016cok    M66     28 May 2016   61.4E  34.0S  16.1  IIP  ATel 9091       ASAS-SN (ASASSN-16fq)
2017dfc    M63     09 Apr 2017   63.7 E 28.4N  18.8  Ia   2017dfc TNS     Delgado ea/GaiaAlerts
2018ivc    M77     24 Nov 2018    8.7E  16.1N  13.2  II   ATel 12239      Valentini ea/DLT40
AT2018kkt  M64     19 Dec 2018                 19.4  LBV  AT2018kkt TNS   Nordin ea/ZTF
AT2019abn  M51     22 Jan 2019  140.8E 153.2S  16.6  LBV  AT2019abn TNS   Nordin ea/ZTF
2019ehk    M100    29 Apr 2019   18.7W  15.1N  15.8  Ib   2019ehk TNS     Grzegorzek/PSH
AT2019txw  M64     02 Jun 2019                 20.1  unk  AT2019txw TNS   K. De/ZTF
2019krl    M74     06 Jul 2019  113.8W  15.1S  21.0  IIn? 2019krl TNS     LBV?  - Anna Ho
2020oi     M100    07 Jan 2020    1.3W   6.5N  13.2  Ic   2020oi TNS      Forster ea/ALeRCE
AT2020inm  M104    26 Apr 2020                 20.0  unk  AT2020inm TNS   Chambers ea/Pan-STARRS1
2020jfo    M61     06 May 2020   66.0E  29.0N  14.3  IIP  2020jfo TNS     Nordin ea/ZTF
2020nlb	   M85     25 Jun 2020    1.0W  43.2N  12.0  Ia   2020nlb TNS     Tonty ea/ATLAS
2023dbc    M108    13 Mar 2023   69.7W   2.4N  16.7  Ic   2023dbc TNS     Koichi Itagaki
2023ixf    M101    19 May 2023  227.7W 134.1S  11.9  II   2023ixf TNS     Anna Ho/ZTF

Note: M51B is NGC 5195, M109B is NGC 3953.

References

Listed below are the non-IAUC, non-CBET references given above:

AN 2685: Ernst Hartwig, 1885. Ueber den neuen Stern im grossen Andromeda-Nebel. Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 112, No. 2685, col. 355-360 [ADS: 1885AN....112..355H]
AN 4311: Max Wolf, 1909. Var. 6.1909 Ursae majoris. Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 180, No. 4311, col. 245/6 [ADS: 1909AN....180..245W]
AN 5144: I. Balanowsky, 1922. Ein merkwürdiger veränderlicher oder Neuer Stern (1.1922 Virginis). Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 215, No. 5144, col. 215/6 [ADS: 1922AN....215..215B]
HAC 1074: ??
Lick OB 300: Heber Doust Curtis, 1916. Three novae in spiral nebulae. Bulletin Number 300. Lick Observatory Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 300, pp. 108-110 [ADS: 1916LicOB...9..108C]
PA 31: C.O. Lampland, 1923a. Observations of the light of the new star in the spiral nebula N.G.C. 5236 (Messier 83). Popular Astronomy, Vol. 31, pp. 648-649 [ADS: 1923PA.....31..648L]
PASP 35: C.O. Lampland, 1923b. Lampland's Note on a Nova. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 35, No. 205, pp. 166-167 (June 1923) [ADS: 1923PASP...35..166.]
PASP 73, 175: Milton L. Humason, Alercio M. Gomes, and C.E. Kearns, 1961. The 1960 Palomar Supernova Search. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 73, No. 432, pp. 175-181 [ADS: 1961PASP...73..175H]

Note we are currently missing a discovery reference for 1951H in M101 (including discoverer), 1956A in M109, and 1957D in M83. and the data for the reference "HAC 1074" for 1950B in M83.

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