This data comes from IAU Circulars and occasionally more data will be provided on IAU's Astronomical Headlines page.
This is a partial list of the SN discovered in 1996. For more informat, you can look at the following Supernova Catalogs:
92 Supernova were discovered in 1996,
26 better 18th magnitued,
24 in NGC or IC galaxies.
The brightest SN this year was 1996X
in NGC 5061 at Mag 13.
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1996cr,
IAUC 8823
discovered 03/16.710/1996 by
Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory
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1996cc,
IAUC 6525,
Dec. 19, 1996
discovered by
Shunji Sasaki   
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1996cb,
IAUC 6524,
Dec 15, 1996
discovered by
Makakatsu Aoki   
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1996ca,
IAUC 6523,
Dec. 15, 1996
discovered by
Makakatsu Aoki   
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1996bw,
IAUC 6512,
Nov. 30 1996
discovered by
BAO Supernova Survey
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1996bv,
IAUC 6508,
Nov. 20, 1996
discovered by
BAO Supernova Survey
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1996bu,
IAUC 6505,
Nov. 14 1996
discovered by
Reiki Kushida, Yatsugatake South Base Observatory
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1996bq,
IAUC 6500,
Nov. 12 1996
discovered by
C. Pollas, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur (OCA)
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1996bo,
IAUC 6497,
Oct. 18 1996
discovered by
BAO Supernova Survey;
Mark Armstrong; K. Okazaki, Kahoku-machi, Yamagata-ken
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1996bk,
IAUC 6491,
Oct. 12 1996
discovered by
Piero Mazza and Stefano Pesci 
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1996aq,
IAUC 6454,
Aug 17 1996
discovered by
Makakatsu Aoki   
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1996an,
IAUC 6442,
July 27 1996
discovered by
Makakatsu Aoki   
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1996al,
IAUC 6437,
July 22 1996
discovered by
R. Evans and R. Benton, and S. Beaman
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1996ak,
IAUC 6434,
July 13 1995
discovered by
Christian Buil  
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1996ai,
IAUC 6422,
June 16 1996
discovered by
Claudio Bottari 
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1996ah,
IAUC 6421,
June 06 1996
discovered by
Jean Mueller   
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1996ae,
IAUC 6409,
05 21 1996
discovered by
Vagnozzi, G. Piermarini, and V. Russo, S. Lucia Observatory 
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1996aa,
IAUC 6403,
05 16 1996
discovered by
Wayne Johnson (aka Mr. Galaxy)
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1996Z,
IAUC 6401,
May 16 1996
discovered by
Wayne Johnson (aka Mr. Galaxy)
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1996X,
IAUC 6380,
April 12 1996
discovered by
Robert O. Evans; Kesao Takamizawa 
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1996W,
IAUC 6379,
April 10 1996
discovered by
BAO Supernova Survey
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1996V,
IAUC 6376,
March 28 1996
discovered by
Jean Mueller
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1996P,
IAUC 6357,
March 25 1996
discovered by
Jean Mueller   
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1996N,
IAUC 6351,
March 12 1996
discovered by
Perth Astronomical Research Group  
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1996D,
IAUC 6317,
Feb. 09 1996
discovered by
L. Drissen, C. Robert, Y. Dutil, and J.-R. Roy, Departement de Physique, Universite Laval
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1996B,
IAUC 6292,
Jan. 16 1996
discovered by
Alessandro Gabrijelcic
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