Supernova discovery statistics for 1996

These are supernova stastics for the year 1996. If there are other statistics you are interested in, please let me know.
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For the year 1996, 101 supernovae and 0 extragalactic novae were reported.
96 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
5 were given possible supernova designations,
and 0 were not reported to CBAT.
24 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 89 were found in named galaxies
29 objects were discovered by amateurs
0 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
9 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
29 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
53 Type I supernovae were found
  49 Type Ia
    0 Type Ia-02cx
    0 Type Ia-91bg
    0 Type Ia-91T
    0 Type Ia-pec
  2 Type Ib
    0 Type Ibn
    0 Type Ib-pec
  2 Type Ic
    0 Type Icn
    0 Type Ic-pec
  0 Type SLSN-I
24 Type II supernovae were found
  4 Type IIn
  1 Type IIP
  1 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  0 Type SLSN-II
  0 Type II-pec
0 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
0 were not supernovae or Extragalactic novae.
24 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


  29 objects were discovered by High Z Supernova Search (prof) (1996bd)
   9 objects were discovered by Supernova Cosmology Project (prof) (1996cl)
   8 objects were discovered by Christian Pollas (prof) (1996ce)
   8 objects were discovered by Jean Mueller (prof) (1996co)
   8 objects were discovered by Mount Stromlo (prof) (1996bx)
   6 objects were discovered by Robert Evans (1996as)
   5 objects were discovered by BAO Supernova Survey (prof) (1996by)
   4 objects were discovered by Dennis Denisenko (AT1996cw)
   4 objects were discovered by Masakatsu Aoki (1996cb)
   4 objects were discovered by Robert McNaught (prof) (1996bp)
   2 objects were discovered by Gal-Yam, Sharon, Maoz (1996cp)
   2 objects were discovered by Wayne Johnson (aka Mr. Galaxy) (1996aa)
   1 objects were discovered by Alessandro Gabrijelcic (1996B)
   1 objects were discovered by Christian Buil   (1996ak)
   1 objects were discovered by Claudio Bottari  (1996ai)
   1 objects were discovered by Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory (1996cr)
   1 objects were discovered by Galaxy Zoo (AT1996cs)
   1 objects were discovered by L. Drissen, C. Robert, Y. Dutil, and J.-R. Roy, Departement de Physique, Univers
 (1996D)
   1 objects were discovered by P. Berlind (1996bt)
   1 objects were discovered by Perth Astronomical Research Group (prof) (1996N)
   1 objects were discovered by Piero Mazza and Stefano Pesci (1996bk)
   1 objects were discovered by Reiki Kushida (1996bu)
   1 objects were discovered by Shunji Sasaki    (1996cc)
   1 objects were discovered by Vagnozzi, G. Piermarini, and V. Russo, S. Lucia Observatory  (1996ae)

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