OGLE-IV Transient Search report 19.Feb 2013
ATel #4825; L. Wyrzykowski, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski, G. Pietrzynski (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland), on behalf of the OGLE team
on 19 Feb 2013; 13:38 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, Kozlowski et al. 2013)
reports the discovery of three on-going supernova candidates, near their peaks or on the rise,
in the magnitude range 17.5-20 in the 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) discovery_JD
OGLE-2013-SN-013 3:53:38.01 -71:45:32.3 2456338.53517
OGLE-2013-SN-014 3:53:07.78 -71:20:46.6 2456339.56553
OGLE-2013-SN-015 2:02:21.56 -65:44:08.7 2456339.56553
Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up is strongly encouraged.
Finding charts and light curves are available here.
