OGLE-IV Transient Search report 26.March 2013
ATel #4917; L. Wyrzykowski, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski, M. Szymanski (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland), on behalf of the OGLE team
on 26 Mar 2013; 16:26 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 5 on-going supernova candidates, near their peaks or on the rise,
in the magnitude range 18.5-20.0 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-020 5:15:17.87 -62:00:44.5 2456354.62311
OGLE-2013-SN-021 5:28:01.18 -66:30:09.0 2456363.54948
OGLE-2013-SN-022 2:50:17.36 -70:52:27.8 2456369.51506
OGLE-2013-SN-023 5:41:43.68 -70:56:22.7 2456375.58726
OGLE-2013-SN-024 5:10:48.57 -68:16:23.8 2456376.52055
Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up is strongly encouraged.
Finding charts and light curves are available here.
