OGLE-IV Transient Search report 16 August 2013
ATel #5292; L. Wyrzykowski, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland), on behalf of the OGLE team
on 16 Aug 2013; 20:30 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 five new on-going transient candidates.
The transients appeared near or on top of apparent galaxies
and their light curves resemble those of supernovae.
Name RA(J2000.0) Dec(J2000.0) discovery_JD Notes
OGLE-2013-SN-048 1:37:10.25 -68:23:48.6 2456519.75978 type II z=0.06 (ATEL #5290)
OGLE-2013-SN-049 3:36:04.02 -73:09:11.5 2456519.86362
OGLE-2013-SN-050 0:36:11.73 -63:45:36.5 2456520.71662
OGLE-2013-SN-051 0:32:19.55 -66:25:44.3 2456520.71233
OGLE-2013-SN-052 2:39:53.91 -73:07:05.3 2456520.87379
Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up is strongly encouraged.
Finding charts and light curves are available here.
