Supernova discovery statistics for 2002

These are supernova stastics for the year 2002. If there are other statistics you are interested in, please let me know.
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For the year 2002, 353 supernovae and 15 extragalactic novae were reported.
334 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
16 were given possible supernova designations,
and 3 were not reported to CBAT.
67 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 321 were found in named galaxies
106 objects were discovered by amateurs
1 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
34 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
130 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
163 Type I supernovae were found
  131 Type Ia
    0 Type Ia-02cx
    0 Type Ia-91bg
    0 Type Ia-91T
    5 Type Ia-pec
  10 Type Ib
    1 Type Ibn
    1 Type Ib-pec
  17 Type Ic
    0 Type Icn
    1 Type Ic-pec
  0 Type SLSN-I
64 Type II supernovae were found
  8 Type IIn
  3 Type IIP
  1 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  0 Type SLSN-II
  1 Type II-pec
0 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
0 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
125 were untyped
Of the 15 novae that were reported  13 were reported to CBAT and 2 were not
  13 were given official names by CBAT
  6 were found in M31
  5 were found in M81
  0 were found in M33
  0 were untyped


  84 objects were discovered by LOTOSS (prof) (2003M)
  37 objects were discovered by Nearby Supernova Factory (prof) (2002kj)
  32 objects were discovered by HST (prof) (2002ke)
  25 objects were discovered by High Z Supernova Search (prof) (2002Y)
  18 objects were discovered by ESSENCE project (prof) (2002jv)
  18 objects were discovered by Subaru high-redshift supernova (prof) (2002kz)
  18 objects were discovered by Supernova Cosmology Project (prof) (2002fh)
  17 objects were discovered by SDSS (prof) (2002it)
  16 objects were discovered by Tim Puckett et al. (2002jz)
  11 objects were discovered by Omega and Lambda from Supernovae, and the Physics of Supernova Explosions (2002ls)
   8 objects were discovered by Deep Lense survey (prof) (2002be)
   8 objects were discovered by Tom Boles (2002jn)
   7 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova NGC 2403 2002)
   5 objects were discovered by Berto Monard (2002hy)
   5 objects were discovered by G. Altavilla, et. el. (2002du)
   5 objects were discovered by Galaxy Zoo (AT2002ma)
   5 objects were discovered by Mark Armstrong (2002em)
   4 objects were discovered by Claude Cornen (AT2002lx)
   4 objects were discovered by Deep Lens Survey team (prof) (2002am)
   4 objects were discovered by M. Doi (K0211-001)
   3 objects were discovered by BAO (prof) (2002ji)
   3 objects were discovered by Ella Sanders (2002eg)
   3 objects were discovered by Observatory G. Colombo (Nova M31 2002 3)
   2 objects were discovered by Alain Klotz (2002gd)
   2 objects were discovered by Mike Schwartz (2002kg)
   2 objects were discovered by Reiki Kushida (2002fk)
   2 objects were discovered by Robin Chassagne (2002ge)
   2 objects were discovered by Ron Arbour (2002jy)
   2 objects were discovered by Theunissen (AT2002md)
   2 objects were discovered by W. Liller (Possible Nova SMC 2002)
   1 objects were discovered by B. F. Madore (2002ka)
   1 objects were discovered by C. C. Dudley (K0210-001)
   1 objects were discovered by CROSS (2002jo)
   1 objects were discovered by Campo Imperatore Observatory (2002cv)
   1 objects were discovered by INAF (2002lt)
   1 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (Possible Nova M110 2002)
   1 objects were discovered by Nordic Optical Telescope (2002lh)
   1 objects were discovered by Paulo Cacella (2002bo)
   1 objects were discovered by Robert Evans (2003B)
   1 objects were discovered by Steve Brady (2002kf)
   1 objects were discovered by SuperMACHO project (2002B)
   1 objects were discovered by Takao Doi (2002gw)
   1 objects were discovered by Yasuo Sano (2002an)
   1 objects were discovered by Yoji Hirose (2002ap)

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