OGLE-IV Transient Search report 06 October 2013
ATel #5445; L. Wyrzykowski, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski, K. Ulaczyk, J. Skowron (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland), on behalf of the OGLE team
on 6 Oct 2013; 13:32 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 ten new on-going transient candidates.
Most of them appeared near or on top of apparent galaxies
and their light curves resemble those of supernovae before or near their peak brightness.
Name RA(J2000.0) Dec(J2000.0) discovery_JD Notes
OGLE-2013-SN-072 3:59:37.66 -69:29:26.8 2456546.86585
OGLE-2013-SN-073 2:44:54.81 -73:20:35.8 2456564.71252 type Ia z=0.091 (ATEL #5440)
OGLE-2013-SN-074 2:47:14.24 -71:49:32.0 2456563.74401
OGLE-2013-SN-075 1:58:01.88 -68:45:47.9 2456565.85535 type Ia z=~0.08 (ATEL #5440)
OGLE-2013-SN-076 5:38:31.91 -66:29:38.9 2456561.85555
OGLE-2013-SN-077 2:08:49.55 -67:22:51.0 2456563.75965
OGLE-2013-SN-078 1:26:31.49 -74:44:53.1 2456565.66621
OGLE-2013-SN-079 0:35:10.20 -67:41:08.5 2456565.68692 type I (ATEL #5443)
OGLE-2013-SN-080 1:02:33.24 -76:27:24.2 2456565.65763 type Ia z=0.103 (ATEL #5443)
OGLE-2013-SN-081 8:11:38.09 -70:57:43.5 2456562.88325
Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up is strongly encouraged.
Finding charts and light curves are available here.
