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OGLE-IV Transient Search report 12 March 2014

ATel #5975; L. Wyrzykowski, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski, Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, P. Mroz, K. Ulaczyk (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland), on behalf of the OGLE team
on 12 Mar 2014; 21:12 UT
Credential Certification: Lukasz Wyrzykowski (wyrzykow@ast.cam.ac.uk)

Subjects: Optical, Cataclysmic Variable, Supernovae, Transient

The OGLE-IV Transient Search (Wyrzykowski et al. ATEL #4495, Kozlowski et al. 2013) reports the discovery of 6 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-022 4:03:27.76 -72:11:27.0 2456713.56089 17.313 type IIn z=0.024 (ATEL #5934)
OGLE-2014-SN-023 8:26:16.29 -69:52:22.1 2456715.73155 18.984 CV (ATEL #5937)
OGLE-2014-SN-024 6:01:15.45 -78:18:21.9 2456716.65375 19.839 hostless, type Ia z=0.1 (ATEL #5938)
OGLE-2014-SN-025 5:07:07.36 -54:57:24.9 2456721.58127 20.344 lighcurve affected by a bright nearby star
OGLE-2014-SN-026 5:22:13.51 -56:46:47.7 2456721.55699 20.101
OGLE-2014-SN-027 2:41:50.03 -78:24:42.1 2456728.51211 18.616

Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up is strongly encouraged.

Finding charts and light curves are available here.