DECam captures NGC 1433 before supernova SN 2026ahvu
noirlab_noirlab2628e November 12th, 2026
Credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Acknowledgment: PIs: G. Narayan & T. Murphey (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Image processing: M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
This image shows spiral galaxy NGC 1433 before the detection of supernova SN 2026ahvu. It was taken with the U.S. Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF NOIRLab. DECam captured this image as part of observations for the Dark Energy Survey (DES), a survey led by DOE’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, conducted from 2013–2019, to investigate the nature of dark energy. Images of NGC 1433 taken with DECam after SN 2026ahvu was detected on 2 November are allowing astronomers to compare the environment pre- and post-explosion to learn more about the progenitor system.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2628e/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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NSF Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope (DECam) | Optical (z) | 926.0 nm |
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NSF Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope (DECam) | Optical (i) | 784.0 nm |
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NSF Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope (DECam) | Optical (r) | 642.0 nm |
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NSF Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope (DECam) | Optical (g) | 473.0 nm |
- ID
- noirlab2628e
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 1433
- Credits
- Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Acknowledgment: PIs: G. Narayan & T. Murphey (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Image processing: M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
- Release Date
- 2026-11-12T14:23:32
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2628e/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- NSF Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, NSF Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, NSF Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, NSF Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- DECam, DECam, DECam, DECam
- Color Assignment
- Red, Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- z, i, r, g
- Central Wavelength
- 926, 784, 642, 473
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 55.50657952, -47.22192454
- Reference Dimension
- 3249.0, 2274.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1625.0, 1137.5
- Scale
- -7.27734757543047e-05, 7.27729398571879e-05
- Rotation
- 0.026309188947266
- 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
- noirlab2628e
- Resource URL
- https://storage.noirlab.edu/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2628e.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2026-11-10T23:58:43-07:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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