New Insight into the Spatial Distribution of Novae in M31

Abstract

We use a Monte Carlo technique together with a simple model for the distribution of dust in M31 to investigate the observability and spatial distribution of classical novae in M31.

18 pages, AAStex, including 6 pages of figures. Submitted ApJ Letters (March 28)

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