Supernova discovery statistics for 2012

These are supernova stastics for the year 2012. If there are other statistics you are interested in, please let me know.
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For the year 2012, 1223 supernovae and 48 extragalactic novae were reported.
248 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
99 were given possible supernova designations,
and 876 were not reported to CBAT.
97 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 1076 were found in named galaxies
182 objects were discovered by amateurs
5 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
83 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
336 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
550 Type I supernovae were found
  489 Type Ia
    0 Type Ia-02cx
    1 Type Ia-91bg
    4 Type Ia-91T
    17 Type Ia-pec
  23 Type Ib
    3 Type Ibn
    0 Type Ib-pec
  35 Type Ic
    0 Type Icn
    5 Type Ic-pec
  0 Type SLSN-I
152 Type II supernovae were found
  23 Type IIn
  35 Type IIP
  10 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  0 Type SLSN-II
  1 Type II-pec
8 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
12 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
480 were untyped
Of the 48 novae that were reported  47 were reported to CBAT and 1 were not
  2 were given official names by CBAT
  30 were found in M31
  12 were found in M81
  4 were found in M33
  22 were untyped


 381 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (CSS121221:090700+314505)
 267 objects were discovered by PTF (prof) (PTF12jxd)
 199 objects were discovered by La Silla-QUEST (prof) (LSQ12hzs)
  76 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (2012ib)
  52 objects were discovered by OGLE (prof) (OGLE-2012-SN-051)
  36 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (PS1-12bwh)
  23 objects were discovered by CHASE (prof) (2012hv)
  23 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M31 2012-12a?)
  20 objects were discovered by Tim Puckett, Jack Newton, et al. (PSN J06015600-1756344)
  15 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (2012if)
  15 objects were discovered by Stu Parker (2012hd)
  13 objects were discovered by HST (prof) (SN Cardinal)
  13 objects were discovered by LOSS (prof) (2012gl)
  10 objects were discovered by SUDARE/VOICE collaboration (prof) (2012gv)
   9 objects were discovered by Berto Monard (PSN J02195999-4124042)
   9 objects were discovered by THU-NAOC Transient Survey (TNTS) (prof) (2012ij)
   9 objects were discovered by XOSS (2012ig)
   8 objects were discovered by Galaxy Zoo (AT2012iv)
   7 objects were discovered by Doug Rich (2012gm)
   7 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (2012ho)
   7 objects were discovered by ROTSE (prof) (2012ha)
   7 objects were discovered by unknown (PSN J01232438+0925545)
   6 objects were discovered by Ella Sanders (PSN J12003192+3157011)
   5 objects were discovered by Claude Cornen (AT2012ir)
   5 objects were discovered by Dark Energy Survey (prof) (DES12C3a)
   5 objects were discovered by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima (Nova M31 2012-12b?)
   5 objects were discovered by TAROT La Silla telescope (prof) (PSN J05452726-2556322)
   4 objects were discovered by Tom Boles (2012hj)
   3 objects were discovered by Giancarlo Cortini (2012dq)
   3 objects were discovered by Kiso Supernova Survey (prof) (2012ct)
   3 objects were discovered by Peter Marples (2012hr)
   2 objects were discovered by Masaki Tsuboi (2012fh)
   2 objects were discovered by Ron Arbour (2012go)
   2 objects were discovered by SUNBIRD (AT2012iy)
   2 objects were discovered by SWIFT (prof) (2012eb)
   2 objects were discovered by T. Kryachko et al. (TCP J08461690+3115554)
   1 objects were discovered by Blaz Mikuz (2012em)
   1 objects were discovered by Carnegie Observatories (Discovery of outburst) (HDE 269006)
   1 objects were discovered by David Grennan (2012ej)
   1 objects were discovered by Fabio Martinelli and Riccardo Mancini (2012dz)
   1 objects were discovered by G. Bock and S. Parker (2012fd)
   1 objects were discovered by Greg Bock (2012gc)
   1 objects were discovered by John Seach (Nova LMC 2012)
   1 objects were discovered by K. Sárneczky et al. (2012bj)
   1 objects were discovered by Kunihiro Shima (PSN J07250042+2347030)
   1 objects were discovered by Leonid Elenin (PSN J12571181-1341059)
   1 objects were discovered by M. Koishikawa (2012id)
   1 objects were discovered by Martin Henze et al. (prof) (Nova M31 2012-02b?)
   1 objects were discovered by Paolo Fagotti (2012aw)
   1 objects were discovered by Stanislav Korotkiy et al. (Nova M31 2012-01c?)
   1 objects were discovered by Yoji Hirose (2012ei)

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