OGLE-IV Transient Search report 31 December 2013
ATel #5709; L. Wyrzykowski, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski, R. Poleski (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland), on behalf of the OGLE team
on 31 Dec 2013; 14:12 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
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 8 new on-going candidates for supernovae.
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 discovery_Imag Notes
OGLE-2013-SN-149 5:27:36.16 -54:04:25.4 2456653.59944 20.018
OGLE-2013-SN-150 5:17:28.40 -67:33:29.7 2456654.76446 20.149
OGLE-2013-SN-151 5:34:24.69 -68:10:07.8 2456654.77073 20.079
OGLE-2013-SN-152 3:33:38.89 -75:21:16.8 2456656.64804 19.200
OGLE-2013-SN-153 0:34:37.69 -64:42:10.1 2456656.53603 18.750
OGLE-2013-SN-154 6:14:28.12 -75:23:53.5 2456657.67448 20.494 uncertain, but in a non-active galaxy
OGLE-2013-SN-155 7:35:27.94 -71:15:07.3 2456657.84450 20.453
OGLE-2013-SN-156 4:54:08.68 -63:15:37.5 2456657.80890 20.305 probably young
Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up is strongly encouraged.
Finding charts and light curves are available here.
