Supernova discovery statistics for 2026
These are supernova stastics for the year 2026.
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For the year 2026, 19388 supernovae and 43 extragalactic novae were reported.
1585 of these supernovae were named by TNS,
17800 were given possible supernova designations,
and 3 were not reported to TNS.
122 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 19092 were found in named galaxies
184 objects were discovered by amateurs
3 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
55 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
421 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
1213 Type I supernovae were found
1091 Type Ia
4 Type Ia-02cx
7 Type Ia-91bg
40 Type Ia-91T
19 Type Ia-pec
40 Type Ib
6 Type Ibn
2 Type Ib-pec
51 Type Ic
3 Type Icn
18 Type Ic-pec
20 Type SLSN-I
368 Type II supernovae were found
56 Type IIn
17 Type IIP
30 Type IIb
0 Type IIL
11 Type SLSN-II
4 Type II-pec
2 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
296 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
17497 were untyped
Of the 43 novae that were reported 9 were reported to TNS and 34 were not
1 were given official names by TNS
27 were found in M31
5 were found in M81
0 were found in M33
31 were untyped
4529 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2026abre)
4497 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2026abqr)
2513 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2026abof)
2402 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2026absi)
2298 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2026abpy)
1626 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2026aavr)
411 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2026abpk)
261 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (AT2026txp)
169 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2026abbh)
116 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2026abpd)
107 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (prof) (AT2026absz)
87 objects were discovered by LVRA (prof) (AT2026std)
66 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2026uxv)
48 objects were discovered by NEXUS (prof) (AT2026abcr)
36 objects were discovered by GOATS (prof) (AT2026seb)
36 objects were discovered by VHU-TDA (AT2026elo)
34 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2026zkl)
20 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (2026ctw)
19 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (AT2026abbx)
19 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2026xz)
12 objects were discovered by GEOTS (prof) (AT2026sfo)
12 objects were discovered by jiashuo Zhang (AT2026ivf)
10 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M31 2026-06c?)
9 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (2026tmt)
9 objects were discovered by Firstlight (prof) (AT2026jpm)
7 objects were discovered by Aidan Sedgewick (AT2026umv)
7 objects were discovered by sauro gaudenzi (AT2026zgv)
6 objects were discovered by Robert Fidrich (AT2026aaom)
5 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2026plx)
4 objects were discovered by Andrea Reguitti (AT2026ymp)
4 objects were discovered by Shevansh Nagar (AT2026hax)
3 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2026wfl)
3 objects were discovered by Taiga Sasaoka (2026unq)
2 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2026uxw)
2 objects were discovered by Flavio Castellani (AT2026wvv)
2 objects were discovered by Halima Hussain Sayed (AT2026xkp)
2 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (AT2026zcl)
2 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2026yly)
2 objects were discovered by Minrui Ning (AT2026oww)
2 objects were discovered by Peter Blanchard (2026uii)
1 objects were discovered by Ágoston Horti-Dávid (2026jih)
1 objects were discovered by BTS (AT2026rhp)
1 objects were discovered by Corey Rennell (AT2026win)
1 objects were discovered by Dave Balam (AT2026ably)
1 objects were discovered by Filipp Romanov (AT2026zsz)
1 objects were discovered by Francisco Ocaña (AT2026ykv)
1 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (AT2026epv)
1 objects were discovered by Lukasz Wyrzykowski (AT2026wpf)
1 objects were discovered by Patrick Wiggins (2026sqf)
1 objects were discovered by Sarah Antier (AT2026jxi)
1 objects were discovered by Stéphane Basa (2026aafv)
1 objects were discovered by TURBO (AT2026abso)
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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