OGLE-IV Transient Search report 29 July 2013
ATel #5235; L. Wyrzykowski, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski, M. Szymanski (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland), on behalf of the OGLE team
on 29 Jul 2013; 21:48 UT
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 two new on-going transient candidates.
The transients appeared near or on top of apparent galaxies
and their their light curves resemble those of supernovae, both on the rise.
Name RA(J2000.0) Dec(J2000.0) discovery_JD Notes
OGLE-2013-SN-038 23:39:24.835 -67:02:55.14 2456494.70677 blue, featureless spectrum (ATEL #5233)
OGLE-2013-SN-039 00:22:33.020 -72:53:41.90 2456494.76434 young SN Ia at z~0.08 (ATEL #5233)
Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up is strongly encouraged.
Finding charts and light curves are available here.
