Supernova discovery statistics

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For the years covered, 37978 supernovae and 101 extragalactic novae were reported.
3176 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
34799 were given possible supernova designations,
and 3 were not reported to CBAT.
292 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 27489 were found in named galaxies
391 objects were discovered by amateurs
2 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
114 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
973 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
2411 Type I supernovae were found
  2169 Type Ia
    18 Type Ia-02cx
    23 Type Ia-91bg
    72 Type Ia-91T
    27 Type Ia-pec
  65 Type Ib
    7 Type Ibn
    4 Type Ib-pec
  114 Type Ic
    2 Type Icn
    39 Type Ic-pec
  58 Type SLSN-I
745 Type II supernovae were found
  83 Type IIn
  27 Type IIP
  60 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  17 Type SLSN-II
  2 Type II-pec
8 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
823 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
33954 were untyped
Of the 101 novae that were reported  18 were reported to CBAT and 83 were not
  2 were given official names by CBAT
  67 were found in M31
  15 were found in M81
  5 were found in M33
  65 were untyped


10508 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2026prd)
7084 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2026prh)
6589 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2026ptq)
4824 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2026prt)
3926 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2026psb)
1216 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (2026ctw)
 995 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2026pqm)
 582 objects were discovered by GW-MMADS (prof) (AT2025adsl)
 551 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2026pqa)
 393 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2026pqo)
 264 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2026oxb)
 252 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (AT2026pqz)
 100 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (prof) (AT2026pru)
  95 objects were discovered by TSST_COSMOS (prof) (AT2025oir)
  79 objects were discovered by DESGW (prof) (AT2025wzx)
  64 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2026plu)
  60 objects were discovered by Gaia (prof) (AT2025oj)
  53 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2026ppd)
  52 objects were discovered by Vera C. Rubin Observatory (prof) (AT2025ailt)
  36 objects were discovered by VHU-TDA (AT2026elo)
  32 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (AT2026oyp)
  26 objects were discovered by GEOTS (prof) (AT2026pmu)
  25 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2026xz)
  20 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M81 2026-06a?)
  18 objects were discovered by JCAST (prof) (AT2025wst)
  18 objects were discovered by LVRA (prof) (AT2026pet)
  17 objects were discovered by NEXUS (prof) (AT2025xdc)
  14 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (2026jci)
  12 objects were discovered by jiashuo Zhang (AT2026ivf)
  11 objects were discovered by GOATS (prof) (AT2026eiz)
  10 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2026plx)
  10 objects were discovered by Róbert Fidrich (AT2025agmm)
   9 objects were discovered by Firstlight (prof) (AT2026jpm)
   9 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2026oir)
   7 objects were discovered by Flavio Castellani (AT2026blf)
   7 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2026fov)
   6 objects were discovered by Yuan-Sheng Tsai (AT2026X)
   5 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2026ejk)
   5 objects were discovered by Lei Hu (AT2025qtm)
   5 objects were discovered by MeerLICHT (prof) (AT2025uni)
   5 objects were discovered by Taiga Sasaoka (2026for)
   4 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (AT2026epv)
   4 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (2026pel)
   4 objects were discovered by Shevansh  Nagar (AT2026fvt)
   4 objects were discovered by Shevansh Nagar (AT2026hax)
   3 objects were discovered by Andrea Reguitti (AT2026nsk)
   3 objects were discovered by unknown (AT2025aeum)
   2 objects were discovered by LOSS (prof) (AT2016blu)
   2 objects were discovered by Mi Zhang (2025wwk)
   2 objects were discovered by Minrui Ning (AT2026oww)
   2 objects were discovered by Stu Parker (2025jyk)
   1 objects were discovered by Ágoston Horti-Dávid (2026jih)
   1 objects were discovered by Alex Battu (AT2025nbg)
   1 objects were discovered by Antonio Martin-Carrillo (2025fhm)
   1 objects were discovered by BTSbot_bot (2025xju)
   1 objects were discovered by DLT40 (prof) (2025gj)
   1 objects were discovered by Erkki Kankare (AT2025wwl)
   1 objects were discovered by Filipp Romanov (2025umq)
   1 objects were discovered by JIST (2025gmc)
   1 objects were discovered by James Freeburn (AT2025ber)
   1 objects were discovered by Jozsef Vinko (2025ilo)
   1 objects were discovered by Juan Lacruz (AT2025ipo)
   1 objects were discovered by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima (Nova M31 2008-12a)
   1 objects were discovered by Melina Thévenot (AT2025aepz)
   1 objects were discovered by Noémie Globus (2025alij)
   1 objects were discovered by Rob Eyles-Ferris (2025kg)
   1 objects were discovered by Robert Fidrich (AT2025ncz)
   1 objects were discovered by Sarah Antier (AT2026jxi)
   1 objects were discovered by Vitali Nevski (AT2026kcx)
   1 objects were discovered by WL-GW (AT2025bmq)
   1 objects were discovered by Wynn Jacobson-Galan (2026fkf)
   1 objects were discovered by Yasuo Sano (2026kid)
   1 objects were discovered by Yiming Mao (AT2025pk)
   1 objects were discovered by Yize Dong (2026fgl)
   1 objects were discovered by Zeno Foderaro (AT2025ftq)
   1 objects were discovered by tdescore_bot (2025abwv)

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