ATCA fly-over
April 18, 2015
by Maxim Voronkov (CASS) Bird’s eye view of the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) in a hybrid configuration (H214 for the experts). The picture was taken on 27 Dec 2008 […]
Sunset over ASKAP
April 17, 2015
by Rob Hollow (CASS) Sunset over the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) at the Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory (MRO). ASKAP is a radio interferometer, consisting of 36 dishes, each 12-m in size […]
ATCA at sunrise
April 16, 2015
by Amy Kimball (CASS) The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) observing at sunrise after working all night! As shown here, the telescope is in an east-west configuration, observing a source […]
Simulated dwarf galaxy
April 15, 2015
by Alan Duffy (Swinburne University of Technology) A simulated dwarf galaxy forming when the Universe was half its current age. The Dark Matter is in red, the stars in yellow […]
Australia Telescope Compact Array
April 14, 2015
by Amy Kimball (CASS) OCE postdoctoral fellow at ATNF, Dr Amy Kimball, models one of the bright orange hard hats that is required clothing during a tour of one of […]
Dark matter spanning the simulated universe
April 13, 2015
by Alan Duffy (Swinburne University of Technology) The Dark Matter in a simulation 600 million lightyears across. The Dark Matter forms filaments spanning the Universe, known as the Cosmic Web. […]
ATCA at dusk
April 12, 2015
by Amy Kimball (CASS) The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) outside of Narrabri, NSW, at dusk in October 2014. As shown here, the telescope is in a compact configuration with […]
The massive star forming complex G333
April 11, 2015
by Maria Cunningham (UNSW) Color-composite image of the massive star forming complex G333 , observed as part of a large project with the 22-m Mopra radio telescope near Coonabarabran, NSW. […]
CSIRO Alumni 2015 Scholarship in Physics
April 10, 2015
by Maria Cunningham (UNSW) PhD student Claire-Elise Green from the University of NSW studies stellar nurseries using radio telescopes like the 22-m Mopra telescope and the Australia Telescope Compact Array […]
Update on HI data collection from GBT, Parkes and Arecibo telescopes for the Cosmic Flows project
April 9, 2015
by Helene Courtois (University of Lyon) Cosmic Flows is an international multi-element project with the goal to map motions of galaxies in the Local Universe. Kinematic information from observations in […]
PULSE@Parkes
April 8, 2015
by Rob Hollow (CASS) PULSE@Parkes in full swing 🙂 Students from Brigidine College St Ives working with pulsar astronomer George Hobbs in a recent PULSE@Parkes session, held in our Science […]
The Australia Telescope Compact Array
April 7, 2015
Two antennas of CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) illuminated by the setting Sun, with kangaroos in the foreground. – The photo above was taken by Angel Lopez-Sanchez (AAO/UMQ) – […]
Welcome to the ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture (ADAP), brought to you by staff and users of the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF). Our aim is to present science and engineering results, research highlights from recent publications, technical updates, telescope pictures, conference summaries, etc.
Our site was inspired by the fabulous Astronomy Picture of the Day – @APOD and the ASTRON/Jive Daily Image – @dailyimage.
We welcome all ATNF users to submit an image related to our facilities (Parkes, ATCA, Mopra, ASKAP and LBA), together with a brief description and credits. Submissions can be emailed to the ADAP curator, (phil.edwards [at] csiro.au).
The ADAP was created in December 2014 by Baerbel Koribalski and Simon Johnston. Over 2500 ADAPs have now been published. Vince McIntyre, Nathan Pope, and Andrew O’Brien are acknowledged for their dedicated technical support. The ADAP is currently curated by Phil Edwards.