A WIDE-FIELD K-BAND SURVEY .1. GALAXY COUNTS IN B, V, I AND K

We present bright galaxy number counts measured with linear detectors in the B, V, I and K bands in two fields covering nearly 10 deg(2). Al l of our measurements are consistent with passive-evolution models, an d do not confirm the steep slope measured in other surveys at bright m agnitudes. Throughout the range 16 < B < 19, our B-band counts are con sistent with the 'high-normalization' models proposed to reduce the fa int blue galaxy problem. Our K-band counts agree with previous measure ments, and have reached a fair sample of the universe in the magnitude range where evolution and K-corrections are well understood.