OGLE-IV Transient Search report 10 February 2014
ATel #5875; L. Wyrzykowski, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski, P. Pietrukowicz (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland), on behalf of the OGLE team
on 10 Feb 2014; 22:22 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 transients.
Most of them appeared near or on top of apparent galaxies
and their light curves resemble those of supernovae near or after their peak brightness.
Name RA(J2000.0) Dec(J2000.0) discovery_JD discovery_Imag Notes
OGLE-2014-SN-007 2:29:31.88 -72:14:03.7 2456690.54118 19.036
OGLE-2014-SN-008 5:05:52.96 -63:44:54.4 2456693.70282 19.515
OGLE-2014-SN-009 5:29:53.68 -53:53:17.0 2456694.74193 19.566 z=0.056 (host) (ATEL #5864)
OGLE-2014-SN-010 6:25:23.85 -68:34:20.3 2456694.77028 18.953 Ia 0.081 (ATEL #5864)
OGLE-2014-SN-011 6:46:58.92 -69:57:25.6 2456695.72994 19.892
OGLE-2014-SN-012 7:27:43.45 -69:20:35.2 2456695.74927 20.237 no host visible
OGLE-2014-SN-013 7:40:35.42 -72:28:17.5 2456695.76024 20.172 no host visible
OGLE-2014-SN-014 4:27:23.75 -74:42:11.1 2456698.66286 18.913
Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up is strongly encouraged.
Finding charts and light curves are available here.
