Supernova discovery statistics for 2009

These are supernova stastics for the year 2009. If there are other statistics you are interested in, please let me know.
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For the year 2009, 559 supernovae and 48 extragalactic novae were reported.
391 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
25 were given possible supernova designations,
and 143 were not reported to CBAT.
94 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 482 were found in named galaxies
146 objects were discovered by amateurs
0 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
55 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
207 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
203 Type I supernovae were found
  165 Type Ia
  9 Type Ib
  20 Type Ic
  4 Type I-pec
133 Type II supernovae were found
  10 Type IIn
  39 Type IIP
  21 Type IIb
  1 Type IIL
  2 Type II-pec
1 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
221 were untyped
Of the 48 novae that were reported  38 were reported to CBAT and 10 were not
  31 were given official names by CBAT
  23 were found in M31
  11 were found in M81
  1 were found in M33
  16 were untyped


 188 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (2009nx)
  94 objects were discovered by PTF (prof) (PTF09hqp)
  55 objects were discovered by LOSS (prof) (2009my)
  45 objects were discovered by CHASE (prof) (2009nb)
  37 objects were discovered by Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (prof) (2009ms)
  29 objects were discovered by Coma and Virgo Exploration for Transients (prof) (COVET-090523C)
  17 objects were discovered by Tim Puckett, Jack Newton, et al. (2009na)
  16 objects were discovered by Berto Monard (2009mz)
  14 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M81 2009-11d?)
  13 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2009nk)
  13 objects were discovered by ROTSE (prof) (2009nq)
  11 objects were discovered by Tom Boles (2009kp)
   9 objects were discovered by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima (Nova M31 2009-12a)
   9 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (2009kj)
   7 objects were discovered by Stu Parker (2009mk)
   4 objects were discovered by Claude Cornen (AT2009od)
   4 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (2009dd)
   4 objects were discovered by Wolfgang Pietsch (Nova M31 2009-10c)
   3 objects were discovered by Markku Nissinen et el (2009iy)
   3 objects were discovered by Ron Arbour (2009mf)
   2 objects were discovered by Astrotel Observatory (2009lt)
   2 objects were discovered by Doug Rich (2009lb)
   2 objects were discovered by Ella Sanders (K0911-001)
   2 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (2009mj)
   2 objects were discovered by Nearby Galaxy Supernova Search (prof) (Nova NGC 2403 2009-03a)
   2 objects were discovered by Perth Observatory (prof) (2010E)
   2 objects were discovered by Super-LOTIS (prof) (Nova M31 2009-11d)
   2 objects were discovered by University of Sofia (prof) (Nova M31 2009-08e)
   2 objects were discovered by W. Liller (Nova LMC 2009 2)
   1 objects were discovered by BAT (2009nz)
   1 objects were discovered by BRASS (2009ev)
   1 objects were discovered by G. Sostero, (2009jp)
   1 objects were discovered by Galaxy Zoo (AT2009oe)
   1 objects were discovered by Jan Vales (2009bv)
   1 objects were discovered by Koichi Nishiyama et el. (Nova M31 2009-08b)
   1 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (2009nr)
   1 objects were discovered by MERLIN (Possible radio supernova in M82)
   1 objects were discovered by Pavel Cagas (Nova M31 2009-11e)
   1 objects were discovered by Peter Marples (2009gd)
   1 objects were discovered by Ralph Martin (2009jy)
   1 objects were discovered by Stanislav Maticic (2009er)
   1 objects were discovered by T. G. Tan (2009gg)
   1 objects were discovered by Toshihide Noguchi (2009at)

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