Do you know how many new supernovas are seen and discovered on an average day? SN 2009ip isn't new either.
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Image Credit Date Mag Filter Comments
CHASE 2009/08/26.11 17.9 C Discovery
Nor is SN SCP-0401
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"Supernova SCP-0401, nicknamed “Mingus,” was collected by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2004"

No supernovas have been reported for January 9th yet, but they probably will be considering that's usually one found nearly every day and often multiple per day.
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It takes a few days for each discovery to be verified. As of yet though there are no reports of supernovae discovered on January 9th awaiting confirmation.
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Latest potential discovery was on January 8th.