Supernovae in Messier catalog galaxies

Supernovae which have been observed in Messier catalog galaxies

While exactly one Messier object (the Crab Nebula M1) is the remnant of a supernova explosion, and one of few observed in our own galaxy, the Milky Way, in pre-telescopic times, supernovae have occurred and been observed in more than half (acurately: 21) of the 40 galaxies in the modern Messier catalog. The record holder, M83, has produced probably 6 observed supernovae; this is also the absolute record, which M83 shares with NGC 6946.

M31 (1): 1885A
M32 (0)
M33 (0)
M49 (1?): 1969Q?
M51 (1): 1994I
M58 (2): 1988A, 1989M
M59 (1): 1939B
M60 (0)
M61 (4): 1926A, 1961I, 1964F, 1999gn
M63 (1): 1971I
M64 (0)
M65 (0)
M66 (3): 1973R, 1989B, 1997bs
M74 (0)
M77 (0)
M81 (1): 1993J
M82 (0)
M83 (6): 1923A, 1945B, 1950B, 1957D, 1968L, 1983N
M84 (2): 1957B, 1980I, 1991bg
M85 (1): 1960R
M86 (0)
M87 (1): 1919A
M88 (1): 1999cl
M89 (0)
M90 (0)
M91 (0)
M94 (0)
M95 (0)
M96 (1): 1998bu
M98 (0)
M99 (3): 1967H, 1972Q, 1986I
M100 (4): 1901B, 1914A, 1959E, 1979C
M101 (3): 1909A, 1951H, 1970G
M102 (NGC 5866) (0)
M104 (0)
M105 (0)
M106 (1): 1981K
M108 (1): 1969B
M109 (1): 1956A
M110 (0)

Also note our Supernovae in Messier Galaxies page, which lists the supernovae by time of occurrance, and gives some more information on them.

Supernovae which have been observed in Messier catalog galaxies

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