Supernova discovery statistics

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For the years covered, 38893 supernovae and 114 extragalactic novae were reported.
3513 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
35375 were given possible supernova designations,
and 5 were not reported to CBAT.
351 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 24096 were found in named galaxies
304 objects were discovered by amateurs
8 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
171 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
1714 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
2681 Type I supernovae were found
  2449 Type Ia
    13 Type Ia-02cx
    34 Type Ia-91bg
    88 Type Ia-91T
    40 Type Ia-pec
  89 Type Ib
    15 Type Ibn
    6 Type Ib-pec
  100 Type Ic
    1 Type Icn
    28 Type Ic-pec
  37 Type SLSN-I
798 Type II supernovae were found
  94 Type IIn
  49 Type IIP
  54 Type IIb
  1 Type IIL
  13 Type SLSN-II
  2 Type II-pec
11 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
3034 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
32327 were untyped
Of the 114 novae that were reported  23 were reported to CBAT and 91 were not
  1 were given official names by CBAT
  84 were found in M31
  5 were found in M81
  8 were found in M33
  74 were untyped


11750 objects were discovered by PS1 (prof) (AT2024zka)
8040 objects were discovered by ZTF (prof) (AT2024zlm)
6136 objects were discovered by ATLAS (prof) (AT2024zof)
5206 objects were discovered by ALeRCE (prof) (AT2024zmm)
3004 objects were discovered by Gaia (prof) (AT2024zmb)
1229 objects were discovered by GOTO (prof) (AT2024zot)
 832 objects were discovered by DESIRT (prof) (AT2024dqw)
 797 objects were discovered by WFST (prof) (AT2024zjc)
 367 objects were discovered by XOSS (AT2024zlk)
 302 objects were discovered by SGLF (prof) (AT2024yif)
 233 objects were discovered by MASTER (prof) (AT2024zcu)
 226 objects were discovered by BlackGEM (prof) (AT2024zlq)
 197 objects were discovered by GW-MMADS (prof) (AT2024hhs)
 120 objects were discovered by ANTARES (prof) (AT2023aaaw)
 105 objects were discovered by JWST (prof) (AT2024jfz)
  76 objects were discovered by ASAS-SN (prof) (2024vjb)
  67 objects were discovered by Fink (prof) (AT2024yqg)
  45 objects were discovered by GEOTS (prof) (AT2024ycs)
  26 objects were discovered by Fritz (AT2024wyu)
  23 objects were discovered by CRTS (prof) (2024yhg)
  21 objects were discovered by TSST_COSMOS (AT2023adzp)
  18 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al. (Nova M81 2024-08a?)
  17 objects were discovered by MeerLICHT (prof) (AT2024dsy)
  13 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki (AT2024vsu)
   7 objects were discovered by Ahumada (AT2023ils)
   7 objects were discovered by DLT40 (prof) (2024pxg)
   7 objects were discovered by Italian Supernovae Search Project (AT2024ssq)
   7 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao (AT2024ncu)
   7 objects were discovered by Konno (AT2024zav)
   7 objects were discovered by Pessi (AT2024vgg)
   7 objects were discovered by unknown (Nova M31 2024-09b?)
   5 objects were discovered by Jingyuan Zhao and Weihao Wang (AT2023wot)
   5 objects were discovered by Robert Fidrich (AT2024zaq)
   4 objects were discovered by Durgesh (AT2024yrn)
   4 objects were discovered by GSNST (prof) (AT2024art)
   4 objects were discovered by Zhao (AT2024rsq)
   3 objects were discovered by LAST (AT2024ppg)
   3 objects were discovered by Perez-Fournon (2024vny)
   2 objects were discovered by Cornen (AT2024pzw)
   2 objects were discovered by Dumitru Ciprian (AT2023kdb)
   2 objects were discovered by Gianluca Masi (Nova M31 2023-10b?)
   2 objects were discovered by KNTraP (AT2024xtk)
   2 objects were discovered by Mohammad Odeh (2023rve)
   2 objects were discovered by Stu Parker (AT2024pfn)
   1 objects were discovered by COIN (AT2024wzo)
   1 objects were discovered by Castellani Flavio (AT2023yij)
   1 objects were discovered by Chen (AT2024gsa)
   1 objects were discovered by Chris Spratt (AT2023sqw)
   1 objects were discovered by Ederoclite (2024slh)
   1 objects were discovered by F. Cappiello, S. Massaro, R. Musmeci (AT2023tur)
   1 objects were discovered by GIT (AT2023xvj)
   1 objects were discovered by Gruen (AT2024jbv)
   1 objects were discovered by Hidehiko Okoshi (2024ahv)
   1 objects were discovered by ILMT (AT2023yjc)
   1 objects were discovered by J-VAR (AT2024bxn)
   1 objects were discovered by Kinder (AT2023yba)
   1 objects were discovered by LOSS (prof) (AT2016blu)
   1 objects were discovered by Patrick Wiggins (2024bch)
   1 objects were discovered by Rankin (AT2023gqg)
   1 objects were discovered by STSP (2024fxo)
   1 objects were discovered by Santos (AT2024gfb)
   1 objects were discovered by Taiga Sasaoka (2024iez)
   1 objects were discovered by Terwel (2024svu)
   1 objects were discovered by Witold Caban (AT2024hix)
   1 objects were discovered by Yuqing Ren, Jingyuan Zhao (AT2023ttu)

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