October 31, 2015
by Karen Lee-Waddell (CASS) Jamie Stevens, Robin Wark, Shari Breen and Karen Lee-Waddell recently revised the ATCA Users Guide, while on-site at the array in Narrabri. A new version of […]
October 30, 2015
Juan Madrid comes from Gemini where he was a Science Fellow. The picture above is of Juan in front of Gemini South in Cerro Pachon, Chile. This telescope is located […]
October 29, 2015
Congratulations to the amazing ASKAP team – a few of whom are shown in the image above (with PAF-equipped ASKAP antennas in the background) – who won the 2015 Chairman’s […]
October 28, 2015
by Thijs van der Hulst (Kapteyn Institute) The “Cosmic Web” harbours a range of structures and densities: at one extreme one finds galaxy clusters, the most massive, virialized dense conglomerates […]
October 27, 2015
This is a combined radio/optical image of the powerful radio galaxy PKS 2356-61 featured on our outreach pages. The radio emission – measure with the Australia Telecope Compact Array (ATCA) […]
October 26, 2015
by Federico Lelli (CWRU) Tidal Dwarf Galaxies (TDGs) are recycled objects that form within the collisional debris around interacting/merging galaxies. Lelli et al. (2015) investigate the gas dynamics in a […]
October 25, 2015
The annual Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) conference is held in Sydney this week, starting today. It provides a forum for scientists and programmers concerned with algorithms, software […]
October 24, 2015
by Mark Leach (CASS) This photo, taken earlier in October, shows the last of the flowers blooming on the roadside near ASKAP Antenna 22 at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory. These […]
October 23, 2015
This beautiful ATCA 20-cm image is featured on our outreach pages with the following description: “Giant plumes of radio emitting synchrotron plasma created by beams from a black hole at […]
October 22, 2015
by Helga Denes (CASS) To gain a better understanding of how environment affects the gas content of galaxies, Denes et al. (2015) identified a sample of six HI-deficient galaxies from […]
October 21, 2015
by the ASKAP team (CASS) This is an early ASKAP image of the calibrator PKS 0407-658 from the most recent commissioning run. Four second-generation Phased-Array Feeds (PAFs) were used and […]
October 20, 2015
Photo credit: CSIRO A beautiful image of the Mopra telescope, which is located near Coonabarabran on the fringes of the Warrumbungles National Park. More images are available in our large […]
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.