THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES, 96:117-121, 1995 January

                             K-BAND GALAXY COUNTS

                B. A. McLEOD, G. M. BERNSTEIN, AND M. J. RIEKE
         Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

                                      AND

                       E. V. TOLLESTRUP AND G. G. FAZIO
        Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street,
                              Cambridge, MA 02138


                                   ABSTRACT

        We present new counts of field galaxies from more than 20 arcmin^2
     to a limiting magnitude of K = 20 and from 2 arcmin^2 to K = 21.5.  At
     the faintest magnitudes, the counts are slightly higher than those
     reported previously, though still consistent given the small numbers
     of galaxies in the two samples.

     Subject headings: galaxies: general -- infrared: galaxies