OGLE-IV Transient Search report 24 August 2013
ATel #5321; L. Wyrzykowski, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland), on behalf of the OGLE team
on 24 Aug 2013; 05:11 UT
Credential Certification: Lukasz Wyrzykowski (wyrzykow@ast.cam.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 5325
The OGLE-IV Transient Search (Wyrzykowski et al. ATEL #4495, Kozlowski et al. 2013)
reports the discovery of four new 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-053 2:29:49.33 -71:57:45.2 2456520.87173
OGLE-2013-SN-054 2:51:33.57 -73:00:49.3 2456521.77577
OGLE-2013-SN-055 0:10:47.75 -71:28:28.2 2456521.69454 well past maximum
OGLE-2013-SN-056 4:55:34.55 -63:05:31.2 2456522.93175 well past maximum
Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up is strongly encouraged.
Finding charts and light curves are available here.
