Supernova discovery statistics for 2003

These are supernova stastics for the year 2003. If there are other statistics you are interested in, please let me know.
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For the year 2003, 369 supernovae and 27 extragalactic novae were reported.
334 of these supernovae were named by CBAT,
1 were given possible supernova designations,
and 34 were not reported to CBAT.
71 supernovae were found in NGC/IC galaxies, 178 were found in named galaxies
123 objects were discovered by amateurs
1 were brighter than 13th Magnitude
34 were brighter than 16th Magnitude
145 were brighter than 18th Magnitude
198 Type I supernovae were found
  171 Type Ia
  11 Type Ib
  16 Type Ic
  3 Type I-pec
89 Type II supernovae were found
  10 Type IIn
  0 Type IIP
  3 Type IIb
  1 Type IIL
  1 Type II-pec
1 LBV (supernova impostors) were found
81 were untyped
Of the 27 novae that were reported  27 were reported to CBAT and 0 were not
  27 were given official names by CBAT
  18 were found in M31
  6 were found in M81
  1 were found in M33
  0 were untyped


  81 objects were discovered by LOTOSS (prof)
  45 objects were discovered by Nearby Supernova Factory (prof)
  40 objects were discovered by ESSENCE project (prof)
  31 objects were discovered by Supernova Legacy Project (prof)
  31 objects were discovered by Tom Boles
  28 objects were discovered by Legacy Survey Supernova Project (prof)
  26 objects were discovered by HST (prof)
  16 objects were discovered by LOSS (prof)
  15 objects were discovered by Tim Puckett et al.
  14 objects were discovered by Mark Armstrong
  12 objects were discovered by Kamil Hornoch et al.
   9 objects were discovered by Mike Schwartz
   6 objects were discovered by Observatory G. Colombo
   4 objects were discovered by Berto Monard
   4 objects were discovered by Deep Lens Survey Transient Team (prof)
   4 objects were discovered by Ron Arbour
   3 objects were discovered by Astronomical Observatory G. Colombo
   3 objects were discovered by Koichi Itagaki
   3 objects were discovered by Robert Evans
   2 objects were discovered by Doug Rich
   2 objects were discovered by NOAO
   2 objects were discovered by Robin Chassagne
   2 objects were discovered by SDSS (prof)
   1 objects were discovered by BAO (prof)
   1 objects were discovered by ESO (prof)
   1 objects were discovered by HETE Science team
   1 objects were discovered by JM Llapasset
   1 objects were discovered by Lulin Observatory
   1 objects were discovered by Martin Mobberley
   1 objects were discovered by Michel Ory
   1 objects were discovered by Naval Research Laboratory
   1 objects were discovered by Nordic Optical Telescope
   1 objects were discovered by OGLE-III survey team (prof)
   1 objects were discovered by Perth Astronomical Research Group (prof)
   1 objects were discovered by SuperMACHO project
   1 objects were discovered by T. A. Rector

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