DECam image of the field around the progenitor to supernova SN 2026gzf (IMAGE)

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

DECam 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 at the center of this image.

View a series of close-up images that show the evolving supernova here.

This image was captured with the 570-megapixel DOE-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on the NSF Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.

Credit

CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA Image Processing: D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)

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