Supernova discovery statistics for 1998

These are supernova stastics for the year 1998. If there are other statistics you are interested in, please let me know.
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For the year 1998, 162 supernovae and 0 extragalactic novae were reported.
161 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
0 were given possible supernova designations,
and 1 were not reported to CBAT.
37 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 144 were found in named galaxies
20 objects were discovered by amateurs
3 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
20 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
55 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
77 Type I supernovae were found
  70 Type Ia
    0 Type Ia-02cx
    0 Type Ia-91bg
    0 Type Ia-91T
    2 Type Ia-pec
  4 Type Ib
    0 Type Ibn
    0 Type Ib-pec
  3 Type Ic
    0 Type Icn
    1 Type Ic-pec
  0 Type SLSN-I
31 Type II supernovae were found
  3 Type IIn
  2 Type IIP
  0 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  0 Type SLSN-II
  1 Type II-pec
0 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
0 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
54 were untyped
Of the 0 novae that were reported  0 were reported to CBAT and 0 were not
  0 were given official names by CBAT
  0 were found in M31
  0 were found in M81
  0 were found in M33
  0 were untyped


  24 objects were discovered by Supernova Cosmology Project (prof) (1998er)
  22 objects were discovered by Mount Stromlo (prof) (1998fb)
  21 objects were discovered by High Z Supernova Search (prof) (1998ff)
  20 objects were discovered by LOSS (prof) (1998fa)
  13 objects were discovered by EROS (prof) (1998dc)
  13 objects were discovered by Roberto Antezana (prof) (1998ew)
   8 objects were discovered by BAO Supernova Survey (prof) (1998ec)
   5 objects were discovered by Jean Mueller (prof) (1998ex)
   5 objects were discovered by Marina Wischnjewsky (prof) (1998eh)
   4 objects were discovered by Mike Schwartz (1998ct)
   4 objects were discovered by Perth Astronomical Research Group (prof) (1998ce)
   4 objects were discovered by Wise Observatory Optical Transients Search (prof) (1998fd)
   3 objects were discovered by Mark Armstrong (1998bp)
   2 objects were discovered by Ron Arbour (1998ey)
   2 objects were discovered by Tim Puckett et al. (1998cs)
   1 objects were discovered by Alexander Wassilieff (1998cx)
   1 objects were discovered by Brett White (1998dq)
   1 objects were discovered by CfA Supernova group (prof) (1998R)
   1 objects were discovered by ESO (prof) (1998bw)
   1 objects were discovered by Eric Emsellem (1998cf)
   1 objects were discovered by Gal-Yam, Maoz (1998cg)
   1 objects were discovered by Kniazev et al. (1998bv)
   1 objects were discovered by L. E. Gonzalez (prof) (1998em)
   1 objects were discovered by Mirko Villi (1998bu)
   1 objects were discovered by Tom Boles (1998eg)
   1 objects were discovered by U.K. Infrared Telescope (Possible Supernova)
   1 objects were discovered by Wayne Johnson (aka Mr. Galaxy) (1998co)

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