OGLE-IV Transient Search report 15.Nov 2012
ATel #4578; L. Wyrzykowski, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski, K. Ulaczyk (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland), on behalf of the OGLE team
on 15 Nov 2012; 22:45 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Lukasz Wyrzykowski (wyrzykow@ast.cam.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
The OGLE-IV Transient Search (Wyrzykowski et al. ATEL #4495)
reports the discovery of eight on-going supernova candidates, all near their peaks and in magnitude range 18.5-20 in I-band.
All candidates are located next to apparent galaxies and their light curves clearly resemble
those of supernovae.
Name RA (J2000.0) Dec (J2000.0)
OGLE-2012-SN-026 0:24:42.60 -70:37:07.7
OGLE-2012-SN-027 1:35:11.24 -73:35:36.7
OGLE-2012-SN-028 2:48:21.42 -74:26:40.0
OGLE-2012-SN-029 3:25:33.65 -72:44:37.8
OGLE-2012-SN-030 4:31:51.85 -67:56:47.9
OGLE-2012-SN-031 5:27:42.45 -71:15:50.6
OGLE-2012-SN-032 5:22:08.05 -66:09:47.2
OGLE-2012-SN-033 5:43:19.40 -67:04:21.0
Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up is strongly encouraged.
Finding charts and light curves are available here.
