List of Amateurs Discoverers of SNe.




The following list shows amateurs who have discovered or co-discovered a supernova. Most of them are still active and we hope to see their names in future discoveries. For each discoverer we indicate the number of supernovae found, the number of co-discoveries (i.e., shared with other observers), the method used (V=visual, P=photographic and C=ccd), the first and last years of his discoveries and country of origin. Independent discoverers are not shown, but are indicated below. An independent discoverer is an observer who spots the supernova or comunicates his discovery after the official circular is issued by the Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams.
We believe this list to be complete to best of our knowledge. In case of errors please contact webmasters Stefano Pesci, Mirko Villi, Steve Lucas and Michael Schwartz

 

DISCOVERER NAME No.SNe SHARED METHOD YEARS COUNTRY
Puckett 41 30 V+C 1991-01 U.S.A.
Evans 38 7 V+P 1981-01 Australia
Armstrong 30 7 V+C 1996-01 U.K.
Schwartz 28 7 C 1997-01 U.S.A.
Boles 16 1 C 1997-01 U.K.
Aoki 12 0 C 1996-99 Japan
Chassagne 10 0 C 2000-01 Reunion
Kushida 8 2 C 1998-99 Japan
George 7 7 C 1999-01 Canada
Langoussis 7 7 C 1998-00 U.S.A.
Johnson 6 2 V+C 1996-98 U.S.A.
Migliardi 6 2 C 2000-01 Italy
Marcus 6 6 C 1999-01 U.S.A.
Gabrijelcic 4 0 C 1995-01 Italy
Wren 4 2 V+C 1991-98 U.S.A.
Arbour 4 2 C 1995-99 U.K.
Wassilieff 3 1 V+C 1994-98 New Zealand
Sehgal 3 3 C 2000-01 U.S.A.
Peoples 3 3 C 2001 U.S.A.
Villi 3 2 V+C 1991-98 Italy
Dimai 3 1 C 2000-01 Italy
Horiguchi 2 0 P 1984-85 Japan
Sasaki 2 0 P 1992-96 Japan
Brown 2 1 V 1992-94 Australia
Ikeya 2 1 V 1984-88 Japan
Romano 2 1 P 1957-61 Italy
Okazaki 2 2 P 1983-85 Japan
Mazza 2 2 V 1995-96 Italy
Pesci 2 2 V 1995-96 Italy
Cortini 2 2 V 1991-94 Italy
Takamizawa 2 1 P 1996-98 Japan
Buil 2 0 C 1992-96 France
White 2 0 V 1998-00 Australia
Santangelo 2 0 C 2000 Italy
Manzini 2 1 V+C 1989-00 Italy
Sala 2 1 C 2001 Italy
Holmes 2 0 C 2000-01 U.S.A.
Antonini 2 0 C 2000-01 France
Bottari 1 0 C 1996 Italy
Christen 1 0 C 1997 France
Garcia 1 0 V 1993 Spain
Johnson 1 0 V 1979 U.S.A.
Mitchell 1 0 V 1994 U.S.A.
Patchick 1 0 V 1987 U.S.A.
Laurie 1 0 C 1997 U.K.
Thouvenot 1 0 C 1990 France
Armstrong 1 1 C 1994 U.S.A.
Berry 1 1 C 1994 U.S.A.
Jones 1 1 V 1987 New Zealand
Knight 1 1 V 1991 U.S.A.
Liller 1 1 P 1992 U.S.A.
Millar 1 1 V 1994 U.S.A.
Lane 1 1 C 1995 Canada
Gray 1 1 C 1995 Canada
Miskolczi 1 1 C 1995 Canada
Vagnozzi 1 1 C 1996 Italy
Piermarini 1 1 C 1996 Italy
Russo 1 1 C 1996 Italy
Benton 1 1 V 1996 Australia
Beaman 1 1 V 1996 Australia
Downs 1 1 C 1997 Australia
Sano 1 0 C 1997 Japan
Bennett 1 0 V 1968 South Africa
Foulkes 1 1 C 2000 U.K.
Dowdle 1 1 C 2000 U.S.A.
Trondal 1 1 C 2000 Norway
Siegert 1 1 C 1999 U.S.A.
Gauthier 1 1 C 2000 Canada
Pozzoli 1 1 C 2001 Italy
Itagaki 1 0 C 2001 Japan
Dal Farra 1 1 C 2001 Italy
Monard 1 0 V 2001 South Africa
Cox 1 1 C 2001 U.S.A.

The following list shows amateurs who have independently discovered a supernova. Information is the same as the table above.

DISCOVERER NAME No.SNe METHOD YEARS COUNTRY
S.Sasaki 1 P 1994 Japan
O.Duhalde 1 V 1987 U.S.A.
A.Kane 1 V 1989 U.K.
R.Kohl 1 V 1993 U.S.A.
P.Schwaar 1 V 1994 U.S.A.
Y.Fujita 1 C 1994 Japan
A.Yonezawa 1 P 1994 Japan