Supernova discovery statistics for 2010

These are supernova stastics for the year 2010. If there are other statistics you are interested in, please let me know.
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For the year 2010, 931 supernovae and 48 extragalactic novae were reported.
341 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
4 were given possible supernova designations,
and 586 were not reported to CBAT.
92 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 796 were found in named galaxies
154 objects were discovered by amateurs
2 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
49 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
233 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
279 Type I supernovae were found
  230 Type Ia
    0 Type Ia-02cx
    0 Type Ia-91bg
    0 Type Ia-91T
    7 Type Ia-pec
  16 Type Ib
    1 Type Ibn
    1 Type Ib-pec
  33 Type Ic
    0 Type Icn
    3 Type Ic-pec
  2 Type SLSN-I
135 Type II supernovae were found
  21 Type IIn
  31 Type IIP
  17 Type IIb
  2 Type IIL
  1 Type SLSN-II
  0 Type II-pec
7 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
1 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
508 were untyped
Of the 48 novae that were reported  45 were reported to CBAT and 3 were not
  42 were given official names by CBAT
  30 were found in M31
  8 were found in M81
  3 were found in M33
  2 were untyped


 274 objects were discovered by PTF (prof) (PTF11jx)
 224 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (2010lr)
 218 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (PS1-10afx)
  51 objects were discovered by LOSS (prof) (2010kv)
  37 objects were discovered by CHASE (prof) (2010lv)
  20 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M81 2010-12a)
  17 objects were discovered by Tim Puckett, Jack Newton, et al. (2010lp)
  16 objects were discovered by Berto Monard (2010hx)
  13 objects were discovered by LSSSS (2010lo)
  13 objects were discovered by ROTSE (prof) (2010kn)
  11 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2010kx)
  10 objects were discovered by Tom Boles (2010js)
   7 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (MASTER OT J124138.10+474751.4)
   6 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (2010lq)
   5 objects were discovered by Koichi Nishiyama (Nova M31 2010-10d)
   4 objects were discovered by HST (prof) (UDS10Wil)
   4 objects were discovered by Stu Parker (2010jb)
   4 objects were discovered by XOSS (Nova M31 2010-12c)
   3 objects were discovered by Doug Rich (2010jj)
   3 objects were discovered by Grzegorz Duszanowicz (2010io)
   3 objects were discovered by Masaki Tsuboi (2010gz)
   2 objects were discovered by Crni Vrh Observatory (2010ga)
   2 objects were discovered by Galaxy Zoo (AT2010mg)
   2 objects were discovered by K. Nishiyama and  F. Kabashima (Nova M31 2010-01c)
   2 objects were discovered by M. Koishikawa (Nova M31 2010-12b)
   2 objects were discovered by Ron Arbour (2010hi)
   2 objects were discovered by S. Mattila and E. Kankare (2010cu)
   2 objects were discovered by SWIFT (prof) (Nova M31 2010-11a?)
   2 objects were discovered by Vadim Burwitz (Nova M31 2010-06c)
   1 objects were discovered by BAT (2010bh)
   1 objects were discovered by Brendan Downs (2010dc)
   1 objects were discovered by D. Lane, K. Gray, and P. Gray (2010lt)
   1 objects were discovered by David Grennan (2010ik)
   1 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (2010Y)
   1 objects were discovered by High Z Supernova Search (prof) (Possible Supernova)
   1 objects were discovered by Infrared Supernova Search in Starburst Galaxies (2010hp)
   1 objects were discovered by K. Sárneczky et al. (2010jk)
   1 objects were discovered by Kazan State University Astrotel observatory (Possible supernova K1004-1)
   1 objects were discovered by Martin Henze et al. (prof) (Nova M31 2010-06d)
   1 objects were discovered by Montarrenti Observatory Supernovae Search program (2010dy)
   1 objects were discovered by OGLE (prof) (AT2010mh)
   1 objects were discovered by R. Amanullah et el (2010lw)
   1 objects were discovered by Rafael Ferrando (Nova M31 2010-08a)
   1 objects were discovered by T. Yusa (Nova M33 2010-12a)
   1 objects were discovered by VVV survey (prof) (VVV-WIT-01)
   1 objects were discovered by Vitali Nevski (2010br)
   1 objects were discovered by Wolfgang Pietsch (Nova M31 2010-01d)
   1 objects were discovered by XSHOOTER GTO program (2010ma)
   1 objects were discovered by unknown (Nova M31 2010-10i?)

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