Supernova discovery statistics

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For the years covered, 48694 supernovae and 121 extragalactic novae were reported.
3821 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
44839 were given possible supernova designations,
and 34 were not reported to CBAT.
334 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 47774 were found in named galaxies
501 objects were discovered by amateurs
5 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
127 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
1147 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
2905 Type I supernovae were found
  2611 Type Ia
    19 Type Ia-02cx
    24 Type Ia-91bg
    89 Type Ia-91T
    35 Type Ia-pec
  86 Type Ib
    12 Type Ibn
    4 Type Ib-pec
  137 Type Ic
    3 Type Icn
    48 Type Ic-pec
  67 Type SLSN-I
898 Type II supernovae were found
  110 Type IIn
  40 Type IIP
  70 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  20 Type SLSN-II
  3 Type II-pec
9 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
920 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
43927 were untyped
Of the 121 novae that were reported  20 were reported to CBAT and 101 were not
  2 were given official names by CBAT
  83 were found in M31
  15 were found in M81
  5 were found in M33
  78 were untyped


12256 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2026aeyo)
9159 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2026afat)
8981 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2026aeoq)
5759 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2026aezg)
5192 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2026afbm)
1634 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2026aavr)
1216 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (2026ctw)
1181 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2026abxm)
 602 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2026aeob)
 582 objects were discovered by GW-MMADS (prof) (AT2025adsl)
 435 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2026aepi)
 314 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (2026acna)
 285 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2026uxv)
 161 objects were discovered by TSST_COSMOS (prof) (AT2025ancn)
 130 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (prof) (AT2026adpu)
 103 objects were discovered by NEXUS (prof) (AT2026abcr)
  87 objects were discovered by LVRA (prof) (AT2026std)
  79 objects were discovered by DESGW (prof) (AT2025wzx)
  62 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2026aepg)
  52 objects were discovered by Vera C. Rubin Observatory (prof) (AT2025ailt)
  38 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (2026aeaq)
  36 objects were discovered by GOATS (prof) (AT2026seb)
  36 objects were discovered by VHU-TDA (AT2026elo)
  27 objects were discovered by GEOTS (prof) (AT2026sfo)
  25 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2026xz)
  21 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M31 2026-06c?)
  20 objects were discovered by sauro gaudenzi (AT2026acwl)
  18 objects were discovered by JCAST (prof) (AT2025wst)
  18 objects were discovered by Robert Fidrich (AT2026abyx)
  17 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (2026tmt)
  15 objects were discovered by ATALab_bot (AT2025amzh)
  12 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2026abww)
  12 objects were discovered by jiashuo Zhang (AT2026ivf)
  10 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2026wfl)
   9 objects were discovered by Firstlight (prof) (AT2026jpm)
   9 objects were discovered by Flavio Castellani (AT2026adgl)
   9 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2026acpp)
   7 objects were discovered by Aidan Sedgewick (AT2026umv)
   7 objects were discovered by Taiga Sasaoka (AT2026acjp)
   6 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2026uxw)
   6 objects were discovered by Yuan-Sheng Tsai (AT2026X)
   5 objects were discovered by Andrea Reguitti (AT2026ymp)
   5 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (AT2026zcl)
   5 objects were discovered by Lei Hu (AT2025qtm)
   5 objects were discovered by MeerLICHT (prof) (AT2025uni)
   4 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (AT2026epv)
   4 objects were discovered by Shevansh  Nagar (AT2026fvt)
   4 objects were discovered by Shevansh Nagar (AT2026hax)
   3 objects were discovered by Halima Hussain Sayed (AT2026xkp)
   3 objects were discovered by Minrui Ning (AT2026aelo)
   3 objects were discovered by tdescore_bot (AT2026aess)
   3 objects were discovered by unknown (AT2025aeum)
   2 objects were discovered by BTS (AT2026rhp)
   2 objects were discovered by Filipp Romanov (AT2026zsz)
   2 objects were discovered by LOSS (prof) (AT2016blu)
   2 objects were discovered by Mi Zhang (2025wwk)
   2 objects were discovered by Patrick Wiggins (2026sqf)
   2 objects were discovered by Peter Blanchard (2026uii)
   2 objects were discovered by Stu Parker (2025jyk)
   2 objects were discovered by TURBO (AT2026abso)
   1 objects were discovered by Ágoston Horti-Dávid (2026jih)
   1 objects were discovered by BTSbot_bot (2025xju)
   1 objects were discovered by Corey Rennell (AT2026win)
   1 objects were discovered by DLT40 (prof) (2025gj)
   1 objects were discovered by David Rankin (AT2026acji)
   1 objects were discovered by Erkki Kankare (AT2025wwl)
   1 objects were discovered by Francisco Ocaña (AT2026ykv)
   1 objects were discovered by JIST (2025gmc)
   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 Lukasz Wyrzykowski (AT2026wpf)
   1 objects were discovered by Melina Thévenot (AT2025aepz)
   1 objects were discovered by Noémie Globus (2025alij)
   1 objects were discovered by Sarah Antier (AT2026jxi)
   1 objects were discovered by Stéphane Basa (2026aafv)
   1 objects were discovered by TURBO_Bot (AT2026acgq)
   1 objects were discovered by Vitali Nevski (AT2026kcx)
   1 objects were discovered by Wynn Jacobson-Galan (2026fkf)
   1 objects were discovered by Yasuo Sano (2026kid)
   1 objects were discovered by Yize Dong (2026fgl)

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