OGLE-IV Transient Search report 22 April 2013
ATel #5000; L. Wyrzykowski, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski, M. Szymanski, J. Skowron, K. Ulaczyk (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland), on behalf of the OGLE team
on 22 Apr 2013; 20:39 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 one on-going supernova candidate, after its peak, located near the centre of an anonymous galaxy.
The light curve clearly resembles those of supernovae, however it is heavily blended with the light of the nucleus of the galaxy.
Name RA(J2000.0) Dec(J2000.0) discovery_JD
OGLE-2013-SN-025 6:13:53.98 -63:21:25.4 2456389.55255
Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up is strongly encouraged.
Finding charts and light curves are available here.
