OGLE-IV Transient Search report 19 October 2014
ATel #6596; L. Wyrzykowski, Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, A. Udalski, S. Kozlowski, I. Soszynski, K. Ulaczyk (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland), on behalf of the OGLE team
on 19 Oct 2014; 19:33 UT
Credential Certification: Lukasz Wyrzykowski (wyrzykow@ast.cam.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
The OGLE-IV Transient Detection System (Wyrzykowski et al. 2014, Kozlowski et al. 2013)
reports the discovery of 8 new on-going transients.
Most of them appeared near or on top of apparent galaxies
and their light curves resemble those of supernovae near their peak brightness.
Name RA(J2000.0) Dec(J2000.0) discovery_JD discovery_Imag Notes
OGLE-2014-SN-102 4:34:15.15 -72:36:40.6 2456943.73927 20.787
OGLE-2014-SN-103 0:30:07.37 -65:04:35.1 2456944.60534 19.960
OGLE-2014-SN-104 2:22:57.02 -70:38:17.1 2456948.66670 20.577
OGLE-2014-SN-105 2:24:31.28 -67:27:51.7 2456948.67110 20.004
OGLE-2014-SN-106 3:00:22.25 -63:20:11.5 2456948.69081 20.021
OGLE-2014-SN-107 0:42:28.76 -64:45:51.0 2456948.58351 18.318
OGLE-2014-SN-108 1:15:33.14 -63:32:36.8 2456948.61357 20.057
OGLE-2014-SN-109 0:14:57.01 -72:37:46.5 2456949.62290 18.533
Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up is strongly encouraged.
Finding charts and light curves are available here.
