Supernova discovery statistics

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For the years covered, 53142 supernovae and 147 extragalactic novae were reported.
4842 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
48295 were given possible supernova designations,
and 5 were not reported to CBAT.
465 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 33998 were found in named galaxies
531 objects were discovered by amateurs
9 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
222 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
2139 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
3710 Type I supernovae were found
  3386 Type Ia
    20 Type Ia-02cx
    46 Type Ia-91bg
    116 Type Ia-91T
    50 Type Ia-pec
  116 Type Ib
    21 Type Ibn
    7 Type Ib-pec
  147 Type Ic
    2 Type Icn
    43 Type Ic-pec
  53 Type SLSN-I
1097 Type II supernovae were found
  124 Type IIn
  60 Type IIP
  75 Type IIb
  1 Type IIL
  16 Type SLSN-II
  3 Type II-pec
14 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
3670 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
44603 were untyped
Of the 147 novae that were reported  32 were reported to CBAT and 115 were not
  1 were given official names by CBAT
  101 were found in M31
  14 were found in M81
  10 were found in M33
  98 were untyped


15361 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2025kto)
11710 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2025ljq)
7776 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2025ljv)
5584 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2025kmv)
3411 objects were discovered by Gaia (prof) (AT2025oj)
2253 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2025lfb)
2189 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2025lju)
1399 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (AT2025kws)
 641 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2025ljk)
 423 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2025kxm)
 375 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2025lit)
 330 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (2025fds)
 322 objects were discovered by GW-MMADS (prof) (AT2025gwd)
 262 objects were discovered by PTF (prof) (AT2024ahdc)
 253 objects were discovered by DESGW (prof) (AT2025gel)
 170 objects were discovered by LAST (prof) (AT2025lix)
 120 objects were discovered by ANTARES (prof) (AT2023aaaw)
 105 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2024jfz)
  81 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (2025jtq)
  69 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2024adud)
  62 objects were discovered by TSST_COSMOS (AT2023aeag)
  50 objects were discovered by GEOTS (prof) (AT2025jpo)
  47 objects were discovered by Fritz (AT2025kob)
  29 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M31 2025-04d?)
  26 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (2025baq)
  20 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2025fvw)
  17 objects were discovered by MeerLICHT (prof) (AT2024dsy)
  10 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2025kvc)
   8 objects were discovered by DLT40 (prof) (2025gj)
   8 objects were discovered by Konno (AT2024aanz)
   7 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (AT2024ssq)
   7 objects were discovered by Pessi (AT2024vgg)
   7 objects were discovered by unknown (Nova M31 2024-09b?)
   5 objects were discovered by Robert Fidrich (AT2024zaq)
   4 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2025ird)
   4 objects were discovered by Durgesh (AT2024yrn)
   4 objects were discovered by GSNST (prof) (AT2024art)
   4 objects were discovered by Yuan-Sheng Tsai (AT2025gkf)
   4 objects were discovered by Zhao (AT2024rsq)
   3 objects were discovered by Flavio Castellani (AT2025dkp)
   3 objects were discovered by Perez-Fournon (2024vny)
   3 objects were discovered by Stu Parker (AT2025dup)
   2 objects were discovered by Cornen (AT2024pzw)
   2 objects were discovered by Ederoclite (AT2024acpk)
   2 objects were discovered by ILMT (AT2024zsm)
   2 objects were discovered by KNTraP (AT2024xtk)
   2 objects were discovered by LOSS (prof) (AT2016blu)
   2 objects were discovered by Mohammad Odeh (2023rve)
   2 objects were discovered by Patrick Wiggins (AT2025ere)
   2 objects were discovered by SAGUARO (AT2025azn)
   1 objects were discovered by Antonio Martin-Carrillo (2025fhm)
   1 objects were discovered by BTSbot_bot (AT2025ljm)
   1 objects were discovered by Castellani Flavio (AT2023yij)
   1 objects were discovered by Chen (AT2024gsa)
   1 objects were discovered by GIT (AT2023xvj)
   1 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (2024aeds)
   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 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 Kinder (AT2023yba)
   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 Stuart Parker (2025jyk)
   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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