Supernova discovery statistics for 2008

These are supernova stastics for the year 2008. If there are other statistics you are interested in, please let me know.
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For the year 2008, 511 supernovae and 50 extragalactic novae were reported.
261 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
13 were given possible supernova designations,
and 237 were not reported to CBAT.
83 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 467 were found in named galaxies
140 objects were discovered by amateurs
3 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
46 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
202 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
251 Type I supernovae were found
  215 Type Ia
    0 Type Ia-02cx
    0 Type Ia-91bg
    0 Type Ia-91T
    3 Type Ia-pec
  18 Type Ib
    0 Type Ibn
    0 Type Ib-pec
  18 Type Ic
    0 Type Icn
    0 Type Ic-pec
  0 Type SLSN-I
143 Type II supernovae were found
  23 Type IIn
  12 Type IIP
  6 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  0 Type SLSN-II
  2 Type II-pec
1 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
0 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
113 were untyped
Of the 50 novae that were reported  42 were reported to CBAT and 8 were not
  42 were given official names by CBAT
  33 were found in M31
  11 were found in M81
  1 were found in M33
  2 were untyped


 155 objects were discovered by Nearby Supernova Factory (prof) (SNF20080927-001)
 123 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (CSS081231:015453+015311)
  73 objects were discovered by LOSS (prof) (2008iq)
  30 objects were discovered by CHASE (prof) (2008il)
  24 objects were discovered by ROTSE (prof) (2008io)
  17 objects were discovered by Tim Puckett, Jack Newton, et al. (2008hy)
  15 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M81 2008-12b)
  14 objects were discovered by Berto Monard (2008ii)
   9 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2008in)
   9 objects were discovered by Tom Boles (2008er)
   8 objects were discovered by SNLS (prof) (2008it)
   6 objects were discovered by Koichi Nishiyama (Nova M31 2008-12b)
   5 objects were discovered by Angstrom Project (prof) (ANG-08B-M31-04)
   5 objects were discovered by Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (prof) (2008dm)
   5 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (2008ig)
   5 objects were discovered by M. M. Kasliwal (Nova M81 2008 3)
   4 objects were discovered by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima (Nova M31 2008-12b)
   4 objects were discovered by Martin Henze et al. (prof) (Nova M31 2008-10b)
   3 objects were discovered by Coma and Virgo Exploration for Transients (prof) (2008cj)
   3 objects were discovered by Nearby Galaxy Supernova Search (prof) (Nova M81 2008-12a)
   3 objects were discovered by SWIFT (prof) (X-Ray transient in M31)
   2 objects were discovered by BRASS (2008eu)
   2 objects were discovered by Grzegorz Duszanowicz (2008gf)
   2 objects were discovered by Markku Nissinen et el (2008gx)
   2 objects were discovered by Super-LOTIS (prof) (Nova M31 2008-06a)
   2 objects were discovered by Taurus Hill Observatory (2008ft)
   2 objects were discovered by XMM-Newton (prof) (XMMU J004245.9+411036)
   2 objects were discovered by Yoshimi Ichimura (2008hi)
   1 objects were discovered by D. Sand et al. (2008ih)
   1 objects were discovered by David D. Balam (Nova M31 2008-08e)
   1 objects were discovered by Doug Rich (2008ev)
   1 objects were discovered by G. Sostero (2008ae)
   1 objects were discovered by Galaxy Zoo (AT2008jc)
   1 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (2008Q)
   1 objects were discovered by J. L. Prieto, A. J. Drake, et el. (2008jb)
   1 objects were discovered by Jure Zakrajsek, (2008fi)
   1 objects were discovered by K. Nishiyama (Nova M33 2008)
   1 objects were discovered by Kankare, Mattila, Ryder et al. (2008cs)
   1 objects were discovered by M. Della Valle et. el. (2008hw)
   1 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (2008gy)
   1 objects were discovered by Marco Migliardi and Elisa Londero (2008ao)
   1 objects were discovered by Mauro Biagetti and Giulia Iafrate (2008ea)
   1 objects were discovered by Mike Schwartz (2008bq)
   1 objects were discovered by Mikko Paivinen and Petri Kehusmaa (2008im)
   1 objects were discovered by NAO Rozhen (Nova M31 2008-05d)
   1 objects were discovered by Observatorio de La Sagra (Nova M31 2008-06b)
   1 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (2008id)
   1 objects were discovered by Perth Observatory (prof) (2008cn)
   1 objects were discovered by Peter Marples (2008fa)
   1 objects were discovered by Rafael Ferrando (2008hr)
   1 objects were discovered by Ron Arbour (2008S)
   1 objects were discovered by Stanislav Korotkiy et al. (2008fe)
   1 objects were discovered by Stanislav Maticic (2008gk)
   1 objects were discovered by T. G. Tan (2008ff)
   1 objects were discovered by TNG (2008ic)
   1 objects were discovered by Takao Kobayashi (2008ip)
   1 objects were discovered by V. Burwitz et. el. (Nova M31 2008-01a)
   1 objects were discovered by Very Large Array (2008iz)
   1 objects were discovered by Yasuhide Fujita (2008L)

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