NSF–DOE Rubin image of the field around the progenitor to supernova SN 2026gzf
noirlab_noirlab2619a August 5th, 2026
Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA
This image shows the field around the progenitor to supernova SN 2026gzf, detected by the Einstein Probe on 21 March 2026. The supernova progenitor appears as a bright blue dot within the galaxy located in the middle of the upper third at the center of this image. View a series of close-up images that show the evolving supernova here. This image was created by stacking multiple images taken between May 2025 and January 2026 with the LSST Camera, mounted on NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science (DOE/SC). SN 2026gzf occurred within Rubin’s COSMOS Deep Drilling Field. Observations of this field, including this image, were recently made public as part of Rubin’s Early Data Preview 2 (EDP2) — the first data preview based on observations from the LSST Camera. EDP2 combines Rubin’s science validation observations collected between April 2025 and January 2026.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2619a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noirlab2619a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- SN 2026gzf
- Credits
- NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA
- Release Date
- 2026-08-05T08:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2619a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Simonyi Survey Telescope, Simonyi Survey Telescope, Simonyi Survey Telescope, Simonyi Survey Telescope, Simonyi Survey Telescope, Simonyi Survey Telescope
- Instrument
- LSSTCam, LSSTCam, LSSTCam, LSSTCam, LSSTCam, LSSTCam
- Color Assignment
- Red, Red, Red, Green, Blue, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- y, z, i, r, g, u
- Central Wavelength
- 975, 868, 775, 622, 480, 372
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 149.88122595336193, 0.42038124632988805
- Reference Dimension
- 5558.0, 3243.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2779.0, 1621.5
- Scale
- -5.558995541109454e-05, 5.558995541109454e-05
- Rotation
- -90.0200000000001
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 950 North Cherry Ave.
- City
- Tucson
- State/Province
- AZ
- Postal Code
- 85719
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- NSF's NOIRLab
- Publisher ID
- noirlab
- Resource ID
- noirlab2619a
- Resource URL
- https://noirlab.edu/public/resources/image/original/noirlab2619a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2026-08-03T19:27:02+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
