June 30, 2015
Photo by Flornes Yuen (CASS) All the best to Michelle Storey (pictured) who retires today and had a wonderful retirement party at work yesterday. Speeches and cake, hugs and presents, […]
June 29, 2015
by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) This photo was taken nearly exactly one year ago during a late afternoon walk along lake Geneva after a busy EWASS 2014 conference session. This year’s […]
June 28, 2015
Photo by Andrew Ng (CASS) This was Andrew’s first attempt at astrophotography, with star trails encircling the celestial South Pole. It was a last minute decision to leave the camera […]
June 27, 2015
Photo by Andrew Ng (CASS) A stunning photo of the Milky Way galaxy above Boolardy, where ASKAP is located. After installing the firmware for the second-generation Phase-Array Feeds Andrew Ng […]
June 26, 2015
by the ASKAP team (CASS) A great photo of four 12-m ASKAP antennas. Here antenna 4 is getting a second-generation Phased-Array Feed. The right most ASKAP antenna is part of […]
June 25, 2015
by the ASKAP team (CASS) Another second-generation Phased-Array Feed (PAF) ready for testing on ASKAP. The next antenna to get a wide-field PAF receiver is No 4 – watch this […]
June 24, 2015
by the ASKAP team (CASS) This Phased-Array Feed (PAF) is being installed on ASKAP antenna 5. – Click on the image for a better view. The Wajarii-Yamatji name of ASKAP […]
June 23, 2015
by Estela Reynoso (IAFE, Argentina) Puppis A is the remnant of a supernova explosion which occurred several thousand years ago and now appears as a shell of ~1 deg diameter. […]
June 22, 2015
by Andrew Walsh (Curtin University) Accurate positions of water masers made during HOPS, the H 2 O southern Galactic Plane Survey. This image shows the position of just one water […]
June 21, 2015
by the ASKAP team (CASS) The new Phased-Array Feed (PAF) now installed in the focus of ASKAP antenna 2. The beautiful chequerboard pattern shows the 188 dipole elements used to […]
June 20, 2015
by the ASKAP team (CASS) Great to see the first set of second-generation Phased-Array Feeds (PAFs) being installed on the Australian SKA Pathfinder. Here the PAF is lifted by a […]
June 19, 2015
by James Allison (CASS) Murray et al. (2015) present the first detection of HCO + absorption in the Magellanic System from observations with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). While […]
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.