Galactic Extinction: How Many Novae Does it Hide and How Does it Affect the Galactic Nova Rate?

A. Kawash, L. Chomiuk, J. A. Rodriguez +11

There is a longstanding discrepancy between the observed Galactic classical nova rate of $\sim 10$ yr${}^{-1}$ and the predicted rate from Galactic models of $\sim 30$--50 yr${}^{-1}$.…