Supernova discovery statistics

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For the years covered, 43844 supernovae and 119 extragalactic novae were reported.
3929 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
39910 were given possible supernova designations,
and 5 were not reported to CBAT.
372 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 29329 were found in named galaxies
602 objects were discovered by amateurs
8 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
153 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
1493 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
3015 Type I supernovae were found
  2745 Type Ia
    17 Type Ia-02cx
    40 Type Ia-91bg
    91 Type Ia-91T
    42 Type Ia-pec
  78 Type Ib
    11 Type Ibn
    7 Type Ib-pec
  140 Type Ic
    1 Type Icn
    47 Type Ic-pec
  50 Type SLSN-I
890 Type II supernovae were found
  88 Type IIn
  40 Type IIP
  70 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  14 Type SLSN-II
  2 Type II-pec
11 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
2291 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
37600 were untyped
Of the 119 novae that were reported  23 were reported to CBAT and 96 were not
  1 were given official names by CBAT
  77 were found in M31
  14 were found in M81
  11 were found in M33
  80 were untyped


10803 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2025acrw)
10769 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2025acdw)
5994 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2025acnm)
3533 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2025acpt)
3223 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2025acrt)
2854 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2025abrv)
1666 objects were discovered by Gaia (prof) (AT2025oj)
1089 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (AT2025rsl)
 681 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2025acet)
 647 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2025acfs)
 477 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2025abgu)
 463 objects were discovered by GW-MMADS (prof) (AT2025aasf)
 355 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2025acqs)
 306 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (2025fds)
 265 objects were discovered by DESGW (prof) (AT2025wzx)
 262 objects were discovered by PTF (prof) (AT2024ahdc)
 100 objects were discovered by TSST_COSMOS_3D (AT2025oir)
  65 objects were discovered by Fritz (AT2025accd)
  45 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (AT2025zov)
  38 objects were discovered by GEOTS (prof) (AT2025acqr)
  25 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2025xbu)
  22 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M31 2025-04d?)
  18 objects were discovered by JCAST (AT2025wst)
  17 objects were discovered by NEXUS (AT2025xdc)
  16 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (AT2025aceh)
  14 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2025thf)
  13 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (AT2025abub)
  13 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (AT2025abao)
  11 objects were discovered by MeerLICHT (prof) (AT2025uni)
   9 objects were discovered by ATALab (AT2024aigk)
   9 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2025wkx)
   8 objects were discovered by Konno (AT2024aanz)
   8 objects were discovered by RĂ³bert Fidrich (AT2025acfl)
   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 unknown (Nova M31 2025-09c?)
   4 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2025ird)
   4 objects were discovered by Durgesh (AT2024yrn)
   4 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (2025taj)
   4 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (Nova M81 2025-05b?)
   4 objects were discovered by KNTraP (prof) (AT2025abzu)
   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 Perez-Fournon (2024vny)
   2 objects were discovered by Ederoclite (AT2024acpk)
   2 objects were discovered by ILMT (AT2024zsm)
   2 objects were discovered by LOSS (prof) (AT2016blu)
   2 objects were discovered by Mi Zhang (2025wwk)
   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 BTSbot_bot (2025xju)
   1 objects were discovered by Cornen (AT2024pzw)
   1 objects were discovered by Daniele Malesani et el. (2024aihh)
   1 objects were discovered by Erkki Kankare (AT2025wwl)
   1 objects were discovered by Filipp Romanov (2025umq)
   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 Ismael Perez-Fournon (AT2025A)
   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 NUTS (2024agfq)
   1 objects were discovered by Reguitti (AT2024adip)
   1 objects were discovered by Rob Eyles-Ferris (2025kg)
   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 Yiming Mao (AT2025pk)
   1 objects were discovered by Zeno Foderaro (AT2025ftq)
   1 objects were discovered by tdescore_bot (AT2025abwv)

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