Supernova discovery statistics for 2026
These are supernova stastics for the year 2026.
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For the year 2026, 22056 supernovae and 49 extragalactic novae were reported.
1775 of these supernovae were named by TNS,
20277 were given possible supernova designations,
and 4 were not reported to TNS.
137 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 21735 were found in named galaxies
219 objects were discovered by amateurs
3 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
58 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
481 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
1361 Type I supernovae were found
1222 Type Ia
5 Type Ia-02cx
10 Type Ia-91bg
41 Type Ia-91T
21 Type Ia-pec
42 Type Ib
6 Type Ibn
2 Type Ib-pec
62 Type Ic
4 Type Icn
22 Type Ic-pec
24 Type SLSN-I
411 Type II supernovae were found
59 Type IIn
20 Type IIP
32 Type IIb
0 Type IIL
11 Type SLSN-II
3 Type II-pec
2 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
321 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
19949 were untyped
Of the 49 novae that were reported 9 were reported to TNS and 40 were not
1 were given official names by TNS
31 were found in M31
6 were found in M81
0 were found in M33
35 were untyped
5228 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2026afow)
5086 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2026afrk)
3139 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2026aflr)
2820 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2026afqr)
2550 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2026afqv)
1626 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2026aavr)
417 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2026afni)
261 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (AT2026txp)
181 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2026afom)
138 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2026afrh)
127 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (prof) (AT2026adpu)
87 objects were discovered by LVRA (prof) (AT2026std)
66 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2026uxv)
48 objects were discovered by NEXUS (prof) (AT2026abcr)
38 objects were discovered by Ziyang Mai (2026afcx)
36 objects were discovered by GOATS (prof) (AT2026seb)
36 objects were discovered by VHU-TDA (AT2026elo)
20 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (2026aeaq)
20 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (2026ctw)
20 objects were discovered by sauro gaudenzi (AT2026acwk)
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 Fink (prof) (AT2026abww)
7 objects were discovered by Robert Fidrich (AT2026abyx)
4 objects were discovered by Andrea Reguitti (AT2026ymp)
4 objects were discovered by Shevansh Nagar (AT2026hax)
4 objects were discovered by Taiga Sasaoka (AT2026acjp)
3 objects were discovered by Flavio Castellani (AT2026adgl)
3 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2026wfl)
3 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2026acpp)
3 objects were discovered by Minrui Ning (AT2026aelo)
2 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2026uxw)
2 objects were discovered by Halima Hussain Sayed (AT2026xkp)
2 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (AT2026zcl)
2 objects were discovered by Peter Blanchard (2026uii)
2 objects were discovered by TURBO (AT2026abso)
2 objects were discovered by tdescore_bot (AT2026aess)
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 David Rankin (AT2026acji)
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_Bot (AT2026acgq)
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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