NSF–DOE Rubin image of the field around the progenitor to supernova SN 2026gzf (IMAGE)

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NSF–DOE Rubin image of the field around the progenitor to supernova SN 2026gzf

Caption

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 captured in May 2025 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.

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NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA

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