OGLE-IV Transient Search report 14 August 2013
ATel #5277; L. Wyrzykowski, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski, M. Szymanski (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland), on behalf of the OGLE team
on 14 Aug 2013; 21:51 UT
Credential Certification: Lukasz Wyrzykowski (wyrzykow@ast.cam.ac.uk)
Subjects: Supernovae, Transient
The OGLE-IV Transient Search (Wyrzykowski et al. ATEL #4495, Kozlowski et al. 2013)
reports the discovery of four new on-going transient candidates.
The transients appeared near or on top of apparent galaxies
and their light curves resemble those of supernovae near their peak brightness.
Name RA(J2000.0) Dec(J2000.0) discovery_JD Notes
OGLE-2013-SN-044 00:18:50.31 -77:33:32.6 2456511.78989
OGLE-2013-SN-045 23:40:36.52 -64:17:22.6 2456515.81102
OGLE-2013-SN-046 01:07:29.73 -67:26:03.6 2456514.80302
OGLE-2013-SN-047 23:40:35.48 -64:24:22.7 2456515.81102
Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up is strongly encouraged.
Finding charts and light curves are available here.
