Observing with ATNF Telescopes
December 7, 2015
Astronomers from Australia and overseas are invited to apply for observing time on ATNF telescopes: the next ATNF proposal deadline is next week on 15 Dec 2015, 06:00 UTC (5pm […]
Bolton Symposium talk
December 6, 2015
by Greg Hellbourg (CASS) Active Radio Frequency Interfernce (RFI) mitigation is important for radio astronomy in order to overcome the continuously-growing spectrum occupancy of man-made radio sources. The research conducted […]
Antennas, the Universe and Everything
December 5, 2015
by Aaron Chippendale (CASS) Antennas and the Universe The main graphic shows a first-pass map of the radio sky at 70.625 MHz, which is dominated by our Galaxy. We made […]
Bolton Symposium talk
December 4, 2015
by Helga Denes (CASS/ANU) We observe cold neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) self absorption (HISA) clouds throughout our Galaxy against the background of warmer HI emission. These HISA regions are ideal […]
The radio view of the Seyfert galaxy PKS 2004-447
December 3, 2015
by Phil Edwards (CASS) The Fermi gamma-ray satellite has identified over 1500 gamma-ray sources with other galaxies. The majority are classified as flat-spectrum radio quasars, or BL Lacerate objects: just […]
2015 Bolton and Student Symposium
December 2, 2015
by James Allison (CASS) This year CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science (CASS) is holding a joint Bolton and Student Symposium. The symposium is intended for researchers to showcase the excellent […]
ATCA Legacy Projects
December 1, 2015
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) invites the user community to submit Expressions of Interest for ATCA Legacy Projects (>2000h) by mid March 2016. From October 2016 Legacy Projects will […]
Planck-ATCA Co-eval Observations (PACO) project
November 30, 2015
by Marcella Massardi (INAF, Italy) The Planck-ATCA Co-eval Observations (PACO) project (Massardi et al. 2015, MNRAS, in press) has yielded observations of 464 sources with the Australia Telescope Compact Array […]
Welcome to Oz, Buzz Aldrin !
November 29, 2015
by Flornes Yuen (CASS) Last night we had “An evening with Buzz Aldrin: Mission to Mars” in Sydney, where CSIRO astronomer Lisa Harvery-Smith spoke as the warmup act before Buzz […]
Five new Fast Radio Bursts
November 28, 2015
by Simon Johnston (CASS) This figure from Champion et al. shows 5 Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) discovered using the Parkes radio telescope as part of the HTRU survey. FRB 121002 […]
ATCA remote observing
November 27, 2015
by Ann Mao (MPIfR Bonn, Germany) ATCA remote observing from the Science Operations Center at CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) in Sydney. The photo shows Ann Mao, visiting from […]
Emission-rotation correlation in pulsars: new discoveries with optimal techniques
November 26, 2015
by Simon Johnston (CASS) Brook et al. (2015) show that the profiles of radio pulsars can change with time and that this change is accompanied by changes in the spin-down […]
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.