2004IAUC.8276....2U

A. Udalski, Warsaw University Observatory, on behalf of the OGLE-III survey team, reports the discovery with the OGLE/NOOS transient detection system (Udalski 2003, Acta Astron. 53, 291) of three apparent supernovae near galaxies located behind the Magellanic-Cloud halo. SN 2004 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2004M Jan. 6.1 0 35 59.26 -74 48 02.0 19.5 10".7 W, 3".1 S 2004N Jan. 21.2 5 35 20.37 -69 27 18.3 18.0 4".4 N 2004O Jan. 24.2 4 43 44.82 -70 28 33.8 20.0 3".6 W, 1".6 N Additional I magnitudes from OGLE-III images: SN 2004M, 2003 Dec. 19.0 UT, [22:; 22.1, 19.8; 25.0, 19.5; 28.0, 19.7; 31.0, 19.7; 2004 Jan. 3.0, 19.8; 12.0, 20.2; 15.0, 20.2; 17.1, 20.0; 19.0, 20.2; 21.0, 20.2; 23.1, 20.0. SN 2004N, 2004 Jan. 14.3, [22:; 16.3, 19.8; 17.3, 19.4; 19.2, 18.8; 23.2, 18.0; 25.2, 17.9. SN 2004O, 2004 Jan. 14.2, [22:; 16.2, 21.5; 18.3, 20.4; 20.2, 20.0; 22.2, 20.2; 24.2, 20.1. Finding charts can be found at http://ogle.astrouw.edu.pl/ogle3/ews/NOOS/noos.html.