The Infrared Supernova Rate

Abstract

Optical searches can only detect supernovae with a limited amount of dust extinction. This is a severe limitation as most of the core-collapse SNe could explode inside dusty regions. We describe a few ongoing projects aimed at detecting dusty SNe at near-IR wavelengths both in ground-based and HST images and to study their properties.

5 pages, IAU coll. 192 "Supernovae: 10 years of SN1993J", J.M. Marcaide and K.W. Weiler eds