Supernova discovery statistics for 2016
These are supernova stastics for the year 2016.
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For the year 2016, 7745 supernovae and 100 extragalactic novae were reported.
757 of these supernovae were named by TNS,
6266 were given possible supernova designations,
and 722 were not reported to TNS.
122 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 5695 were found in named galaxies
287 objects were discovered by amateurs
0 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
76 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
784 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
681 Type I supernovae were found
619 Type Ia
2 Type Ia-02cx
9 Type Ia-91bg
24 Type Ia-91T
8 Type Ia-pec
25 Type Ib
3 Type Ibn
1 Type Ib-pec
24 Type Ic
0 Type Icn
8 Type Ic-pec
10 Type SLSN-I
226 Type II supernovae were found
25 Type IIn
44 Type IIP
19 Type IIb
3 Type IIL
2 Type SLSN-II
1 Type II-pec
3 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
394 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
6431 were untyped
Of the 100 novae that were reported 37 were reported to TNS and 63 were not
7 were given official names by TNS
41 were found in M31
17 were found in M81
5 were found in M33
75 were untyped
3971 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (2016jfr)
1323 objects were discovered by Gaia (prof) (AT2016jgm)
958 objects were discovered by PTF (AT2016isi)
366 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (MLS161227:111904+493946)
226 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (2016jel)
212 objects were discovered by OGLE (prof) (OGLE17adc)
187 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (AT2016jgb)
97 objects were discovered by Dark Energy Survey (prof) (DES16X3eww)
61 objects were discovered by Galaxy Zoo (AT2016jlb)
52 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2016jgd)
49 objects were discovered by La Silla-QUEST (prof) (2016blw)
47 objects were discovered by PMO-Tsinghua Supernova Survey (PTSS) (prof) (2016jdw)
30 objects were discovered by TNTS (prof) (AT2016jgl)
28 objects were discovered by SPitzer InfraRed Intensive Transients Survey (prof) (SPIRITS17g)
25 objects were discovered by Tim Puckett, Jack Newton, et al. (2016jby)
22 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M81 2016-12b?)
21 objects were discovered by Stu Parker (2016iye)
20 objects were discovered by LOSS (prof) (2016iyz)
19 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (AT2016jah)
19 objects were discovered by SkyMapper (prof) (AT2016jhc)
13 objects were discovered by XOSS (2016jdj)
10 objects were discovered by Superluminous Supernovae in the Epoch of Reionization (prof) (AT2016jiq)
8 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2016jag)
8 objects were discovered by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima (AT2016ixa)
6 objects were discovered by Emmanuel Conseil (AT2016fbu)
6 objects were discovered by HSC (AT2016jhn)
6 objects were discovered by S.C. Williams et al. (Nova M81 2016-12d)
4 objects were discovered by Ron Arbour (2016ino)
3 objects were discovered by HST (prof) (AT2016jka)
3 objects were discovered by Leonardo Tartaglia (2016ija)
2 objects were discovered by Berto Monard (AT2016grp)
2 objects were discovered by GSST / Constantine Emmanouilidi / Emelie Selander (AT2016brz)
2 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (2016jft)
2 objects were discovered by Grzegorz Duszanowicz and Michal Zolnowski (AT2016eyv)
2 objects were discovered by Jaroslaw Grzegorzek (AT2016hpv)
2 objects were discovered by KEGS (prof) (KSN2016D)
2 objects were discovered by Kunihiro Shima (2016isl)
2 objects were discovered by Masaki Tsuboi (2016jfu)
2 objects were discovered by XAO-THU Supernova Survey (XTSS) (prof) (2016bar)
1 objects were discovered by Antarctic Transient Survey (ATS) (prof) (2016ccp)
1 objects were discovered by Blaz Mikuz (2016hhh)
1 objects were discovered by CHASE (prof) (2016ajl)
1 objects were discovered by Constantine Emmanouilidi (AT2016hqb)
1 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (AT2016jlk)
1 objects were discovered by Elena Pian, Eliana Palazzi, Dan Perley (2016jca)
1 objects were discovered by Greg Bock (AT2016ab)
1 objects were discovered by Jiang (2016jhr)
1 objects were discovered by K. Sárneczky et al. (2016gvd)
1 objects were discovered by Martin Henze et al. (prof) (Nova M81 2016-10b?)
1 objects were discovered by Masakatsu Aoki (2016C)
1 objects were discovered by Peter Marples and Greg Bock (2016adj)
1 objects were discovered by S. C. Williams and M. J. Darnley (Nova M81 2016-10a?)
1 objects were discovered by SUNBIRD (AT2016jhy)
1 objects were discovered by SWIFT (prof) (Nova M31 2016-06b)
1 objects were discovered by Sebastian Otero, Victor Buso (2016gkg)
1 objects were discovered by Stefano Valenti (AT2016evw)
1 objects were discovered by Vito Tinella (2016bry)
1 objects were discovered by unknown (Nova M31 2016-03a?)
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