Supernova discovery statistics

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For the years covered, 51434 supernovae and 141 extragalactic novae were reported.
4683 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
46746 were given possible supernova designations,
and 5 were not reported to CBAT.
455 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 32773 were found in named galaxies
511 objects were discovered by amateurs
11 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
223 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
2104 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
3584 Type I supernovae were found
  3274 Type Ia
    19 Type Ia-02cx
    43 Type Ia-91bg
    110 Type Ia-91T
    48 Type Ia-pec
  111 Type Ib
    20 Type Ibn
    7 Type Ib-pec
  141 Type Ic
    2 Type Icn
    42 Type Ic-pec
  50 Type SLSN-I
1063 Type II supernovae were found
  121 Type IIn
  60 Type IIP
  72 Type IIb
  1 Type IIL
  16 Type SLSN-II
  3 Type II-pec
13 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
3618 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
43108 were untyped
Of the 141 novae that were reported  32 were reported to CBAT and 109 were not
  1 were given official names by CBAT
  96 were found in M31
  13 were found in M81
  10 were found in M33
  93 were untyped


15105 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2025inv)
11256 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2025ivm)
7582 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2025ipw)
5583 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2024afzq)
3411 objects were discovered by Gaia (prof) (AT2025oj)
2118 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2025ina)
1732 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2025fzp)
1278 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (AT2025ilx)
 603 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2025ivk)
 417 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2025ipz)
 359 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2025iup)
 330 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (2025fds)
 322 objects were discovered by GW-MMADS (prof) (AT2025gwd)
 262 objects were discovered by PTF (prof) (AT2024ahdc)
 252 objects were discovered by DESGW (prof) (AT2025gel)
 147 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2025iny)
 120 objects were discovered by ANTARES (prof) (AT2023aaaw)
 105 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2024jfz)
  80 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (AT2025ihn)
  69 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2024adud)
  62 objects were discovered by TSST_COSMOS (AT2023aeag)
  49 objects were discovered by GEOTS (prof) (AT2025imo)
  43 objects were discovered by Fritz (AT2025hkl)
  29 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M31 2025-04d?)
  26 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (2025baq)
  20 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2025fvw)
  17 objects were discovered by MeerLICHT (prof) (AT2024dsy)
   8 objects were discovered by DLT40 (prof) (2025gj)
   8 objects were discovered by Konno (AT2024aanz)
   7 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (AT2024ssq)
   7 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2024ncu)
   7 objects were discovered by Pessi (AT2024vgg)
   7 objects were discovered by unknown (Nova M31 2024-09b?)
   5 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao and Weihao Wang (AT2023wot)
   5 objects were discovered by Robert Fidrich (AT2024zaq)
   4 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2025ird)
   4 objects were discovered by Durgesh (AT2024yrn)
   4 objects were discovered by GSNST (prof) (AT2024art)
   4 objects were discovered by Yuan-Sheng Tsai (AT2025gkf)
   4 objects were discovered by Zhao (AT2024rsq)
   3 objects were discovered by Flavio Castellani (AT2025dkp)
   3 objects were discovered by Perez-Fournon (2024vny)
   3 objects were discovered by Stu Parker (AT2025dup)
   2 objects were discovered by Cornen (AT2024pzw)
   2 objects were discovered by Ederoclite (AT2024acpk)
   2 objects were discovered by ILMT (AT2024zsm)
   2 objects were discovered by KNTraP (AT2024xtk)
   2 objects were discovered by LOSS (prof) (AT2016blu)
   2 objects were discovered by Mohammad Odeh (2023rve)
   2 objects were discovered by Patrick Wiggins (AT2025ere)
   2 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (AT2025azn)
   1 objects were discovered by Antonio Martin-Carrillo (2025fhm)
   1 objects were discovered by Castellani Flavio (AT2023yij)
   1 objects were discovered by Chen (AT2024gsa)
   1 objects were discovered by GIT (AT2023xvj)
   1 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (2024aeds)
   1 objects were discovered by Gruen (AT2024jbv)
   1 objects were discovered by Hidehiko Okoshi (2024ahv)
   1 objects were discovered by Huei Sears (AT2024agob)
   1 objects were discovered by Ismael Perez-Fournon (AT2025A)
   1 objects were discovered by J-VAR (AT2024bxn)
   1 objects were discovered by JIST (2025gmc)
   1 objects were discovered by James Freeburn (AT2025ber)
   1 objects were discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin (AT2024aevn)
   1 objects were discovered by Jozsef Vinko (AT2025ilo)
   1 objects were discovered by Juan Lacruz (AT2025ipo)
   1 objects were discovered by Kinder (AT2023yba)
   1 objects were discovered by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima (Nova M31 2008-12a)
   1 objects were discovered by NUTS (2024agfq)
   1 objects were discovered by Reguitti (AT2024adip)
   1 objects were discovered by Rob Eyles-Ferris (2025kg)
   1 objects were discovered by STSP (2024fxo)
   1 objects were discovered by Santos (AT2024gfb)
   1 objects were discovered by Sasaoka (AT2024aexk)
   1 objects were discovered by Shinichi Ono (2024aeee)
   1 objects were discovered by Taiga Sasaoka (2024iez)
   1 objects were discovered by Terwel (2024svu)
   1 objects were discovered by WL-GW (AT2025bmq)
   1 objects were discovered by Witold Caban (AT2024hix)
   1 objects were discovered by Yiming Mao (AT2025pk)
   1 objects were discovered by Zeno Foderaro (AT2025ftq)
   1 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2025hjd)

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