Supernova discovery statistics

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For the years covered, 37243 supernovae and 99 extragalactic novae were reported.
3360 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
33878 were given possible supernova designations,
and 5 were not reported to CBAT.
322 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 24499 were found in named galaxies
491 objects were discovered by amateurs
8 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
141 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
1331 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
2583 Type I supernovae were found
  2357 Type Ia
    14 Type Ia-02cx
    37 Type Ia-91bg
    81 Type Ia-91T
    38 Type Ia-pec
  69 Type Ib
    10 Type Ibn
    6 Type Ib-pec
  116 Type Ic
    1 Type Icn
    36 Type Ic-pec
  39 Type SLSN-I
753 Type II supernovae were found
  75 Type IIn
  30 Type IIP
  58 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  11 Type SLSN-II
  2 Type II-pec
9 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
2147 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
31714 were untyped
Of the 99 novae that were reported  20 were reported to CBAT and 79 were not
  1 were given official names by CBAT
  62 were found in M31
  14 were found in M81
  8 were found in M33
  66 were untyped


9729 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2025swk)
8670 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2025ssk)
5014 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2025sxd)
2851 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2025ojd)
2658 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2025sfm)
2535 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2025srw)
1666 objects were discovered by Gaia (prof) (AT2025oj)
1089 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (AT2025rsl)
 556 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2025svx)
 446 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2025sns)
 318 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2025svn)
 306 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (2025fds)
 293 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2025soa)
 262 objects were discovered by PTF (prof) (AT2024ahdc)
 260 objects were discovered by DESGW (prof) (AT2025ssf)
 218 objects were discovered by GW-MMADS (prof) (AT2025ssx)
 100 objects were discovered by TSST_COSMOS_3D (AT2025oir)
  50 objects were discovered by Fritz (AT2025rzp)
  41 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (AT2025soo)
  30 objects were discovered by GEOTS (prof) (AT2025srn)
  22 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M31 2025-04d?)
  19 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2024jfz)
  13 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2025sqp)
  12 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (2025pao)
  12 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2025fvw)
   9 objects were discovered by ATALab (AT2024aigk)
   9 objects were discovered by MeerLICHT (prof) (AT2025sqk)
   8 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2025qsm)
   8 objects were discovered by Konno (AT2024aanz)
   7 objects were discovered by Pessi (AT2024vgg)
   6 objects were discovered by Yuan-Sheng Tsai (AT2025naw)
   5 objects were discovered by Flavio Castellani (AT2025mho)
   5 objects were discovered by Lei Hu (AT2025qtm)
   5 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2025sss)
   4 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2025ird)
   4 objects were discovered by Durgesh (AT2024yrn)
   4 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (Nova M81 2025-05b?)
   4 objects were discovered by Stu Parker (2025jyk)
   4 objects were discovered by Zhao (AT2024rsq)
   3 objects were discovered by DLT40 (prof) (2025gj)
   3 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (AT2025rwy)
   3 objects were discovered by KNTraP (prof) (AT2024aigg)
   3 objects were discovered by Perez-Fournon (2024vny)
   3 objects were discovered by RĂ³bert Fidrich (AT2025sro)
   3 objects were discovered by unknown (Nova M31 2024-09b?)
   2 objects were discovered by Ederoclite (AT2024acpk)
   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 Alex Battu (AT2025nbg)
   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 JCAST (AT2025rth)
   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)

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