Supernova discovery statistics

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For the years covered, 34556 supernovae and 93 extragalactic novae were reported.
3112 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
31440 were given possible supernova designations,
and 4 were not reported to CBAT.
298 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 22670 were found in named galaxies
434 objects were discovered by amateurs
5 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
131 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
1249 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
2402 Type I supernovae were found
  2195 Type Ia
    12 Type Ia-02cx
    34 Type Ia-91bg
    74 Type Ia-91T
    35 Type Ia-pec
  63 Type Ib
    9 Type Ibn
    6 Type Ib-pec
  104 Type Ic
    1 Type Icn
    34 Type Ic-pec
  38 Type SLSN-I
687 Type II supernovae were found
  69 Type IIn
  28 Type IIP
  54 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  10 Type SLSN-II
  2 Type II-pec
8 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
2069 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
29354 were untyped
Of the 93 novae that were reported  20 were reported to CBAT and 73 were not
  1 were given official names by CBAT
  56 were found in M31
  14 were found in M81
  8 were found in M33
  63 were untyped


8803 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2025ovv)
8024 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2025oyp)
4647 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2025ord)
2851 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2025ojd)
2551 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2025otz)
2258 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2025oyq)
1666 objects were discovered by Gaia (prof) (AT2025oj)
1015 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (AT2025oqd)
 498 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2025owp)
 426 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2025oug)
 306 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (2025fds)
 262 objects were discovered by PTF (prof) (AT2024ahdc)
 261 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2025ovg)
 253 objects were discovered by DESGW (prof) (AT2025gel)
 221 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2025oiw)
 200 objects were discovered by GW-MMADS (prof) (AT2025gwd)
  82 objects were discovered by TSST_COSMOS_3D (AT2025oir)
  47 objects were discovered by Fritz (AT2025kob)
  37 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (AT2025nzh)
  27 objects were discovered by GEOTS (prof) (AT2025ndz)
  22 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M31 2025-04d?)
  19 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2024jfz)
  12 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2025nxz)
  12 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2025fvw)
  11 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (2025baq)
   8 objects were discovered by Konno (AT2024aanz)
   7 objects were discovered by Pessi (AT2024vgg)
   6 objects were discovered by MeerLICHT (prof) (AT2024dsy)
   6 objects were discovered by Yuan-Sheng Tsai (AT2025naw)
   5 objects were discovered by Flavio Castellani (AT2025mho)
   5 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2025kvc)
   4 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2025ird)
   4 objects were discovered by Durgesh (AT2024yrn)
   4 objects were discovered by Stu Parker (2025jyk)
   4 objects were discovered by Zhao (AT2024rsq)
   4 objects were discovered by unknown (Nova M81 2025-05b?)
   3 objects were discovered by DLT40 (prof) (2025gj)
   3 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (AT2024ssq)
   3 objects were discovered by Perez-Fournon (2024vny)
   2 objects were discovered by Ederoclite (AT2024acpk)
   2 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (AT2025ovr)
   2 objects were discovered by KNTraP (AT2024xtk)
   2 objects were discovered by LOSS (prof) (AT2016blu)
   2 objects were discovered by Patrick Wiggins (AT2025ere)
   2 objects were discovered by Robert Fidrich (AT2025ncz)
   2 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (AT2025azn)
   1 objects were discovered by Antonio Martin-Carrillo (2025fhm)
   1 objects were discovered by Chen (AT2024gsa)
   1 objects were discovered by Cornen (AT2024pzw)
   1 objects were discovered by GSNST (prof) (AT2024art)
   1 objects were discovered by Gruen (AT2024jbv)
   1 objects were discovered by Hidehiko Okoshi (2024ahv)
   1 objects were discovered by Huei Sears (AT2024agob)
   1 objects were discovered by ILMT (AT2024zsm)
   1 objects were discovered by Ismael Perez-Fournon (AT2025A)
   1 objects were discovered by J-VAR (AT2024bxn)
   1 objects were discovered by JIST (2025gmc)
   1 objects were discovered by James Freeburn (AT2025ber)
   1 objects were discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin (AT2024aevn)
   1 objects were discovered by Jozsef Vinko (2025ilo)
   1 objects were discovered by Juan Lacruz (AT2025ipo)
   1 objects were discovered by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima (Nova M31 2008-12a)
   1 objects were discovered by Mi Zhang (AT2025iyq)
   1 objects were discovered by NUTS (2024agfq)
   1 objects were discovered by Reguitti (AT2024adip)
   1 objects were discovered by Rob Eyles-Ferris (2025kg)
   1 objects were discovered by STSP (2024fxo)
   1 objects were discovered by Santos (AT2024gfb)
   1 objects were discovered by Sasaoka (AT2024aexk)
   1 objects were discovered by Shinichi Ono (2024aeee)
   1 objects were discovered by Taiga Sasaoka (2024iez)
   1 objects were discovered by Terwel (2024svu)
   1 objects were discovered by WL-GW (AT2025bmq)
   1 objects were discovered by Witold Caban (AT2024hix)
   1 objects were discovered by Yiming Mao (AT2025pk)
   1 objects were discovered by Zeno Foderaro (AT2025ftq)
   1 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2025hjd)

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