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, 96 supernovae and 0 extragalactic novae were reported.
96 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
0 were given possible supernova designations,
and 0 were not reported to CBAT.
24 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 36 were found in named galaxies
24 objects were discovered by amateurs
0 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
8 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
27 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
54 Type I supernovae were found
  49 Type Ia
  2 Type Ib
  3 Type Ic
  0 Type I-pec
23 Type II supernovae were found
  4 Type IIn
  1 Type IIP
  1 Type IIb
  0 Type IIL
  0 Type II-pec
0 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
19 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)
   9 objects were discovered by Supernova Cosmology Project (prof)
   8 objects were discovered by Christian Pollas (prof)
   8 objects were discovered by Jean Mueller (prof)
   8 objects were discovered by Mount Stromlo (prof)
   6 objects were discovered by Robert Evans
   5 objects were discovered by BAO Supernova Survey (prof)
   4 objects were discovered by Masakatsu Aoki
   4 objects were discovered by Robert McNaught (prof)
   2 objects were discovered by Gal-Yam, Sharon, Maoz
   2 objects were discovered by Wayne Johnson (aka Mr. Galaxy)
   1 objects were discovered by Alessandro Gabrijelcic
   1 objects were discovered by Berlind
   1 objects were discovered by Christian Buil  
   1 objects were discovered by Claudio Bottari 
   1 objects were discovered by Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory
   1 objects were discovered by L. Drissen, C. Robert, Y. Dutil, and J.-R. Roy, Departement de Physique, Univers

   1 objects were discovered by Perth Astronomical Research Group (prof)
   1 objects were discovered by Piero Mazza and Stefano Pesci
   1 objects were discovered by Reiki Kushida
   1 objects were discovered by Shunji Sasaki   
   1 objects were discovered by Vagnozzi, G. Piermarini, and V. Russo, S. Lucia Observatory 

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