August 31, 2016
by Stuart Ryder (AAO) Abstract. Earlier this year I had the rare opportunity to fly on NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a Boeing 747 with a 2.5m telescope […]
August 30, 2016
by Ron Ekers (CASS) In 1978 Bruce Slee was the first to investigate the diffuse radio sources in galaxy clusters. These are now known as the “relic radio sources” and […]
August 29, 2016
by Ron Ekers (CASS) Here is a picture of Bruce Slee observing in the old control room of the 64-m Parkes Telescope in 1988.
August 26, 2016
by Joss Bland-Hawthorn (Sydney University) The first demonstration of radio interferometry in astronomy came from “sea interferometry” by Bolton and Slee in 1947 at Dover Heights. The Yagi antenna looks […]
August 25, 2016
by John Reynolds (CASS) Left: The original Mills Cross built in the 1950s on the outskirts of Sydney produced the ground-breaking MSH (Mills, Slee & Hill 1958 , 1960 , […]
August 24, 2016
by Sarah Martell (UNSW) Abstract. Hierarchical accretion models for galaxy formation predict that the majority of stars in the halo of a spiral galaxy should have formed within dwarf galaxies […]
August 23, 2016
In remembrance of Bruce Slee, who recently passed away, we show a few moments in his life. Bruce Slee was a dedicated and very productive scientist, a pioneer of radio […]
August 22, 2016
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) welcomes Dr Gulay Gurkan Uygun who joins the Astro Group as an OCE post-doctoral fellow, specialising in low-frequency radio astronomy and AGN. Gulay is […]
August 19, 2016
All the best to Paolo Serra who has been with CASS for three years, working on ASKAP commissioning and science as a key member of ACES and WALLABY, studying galaxies […]
August 18, 2016
by Juan Madrid (CASS) Bruce Slee is one of the pioneers of radio astronomy. After recording solar emission during World War II, he joined what was then the Council of […]
August 17, 2016
The ATNF Historic Photographic Archive dates from 1939 and contains ~50,000 individual negatives or slides, and associated prints. The picture above shows the Dover Heights `hole-in-the-ground’ antenna. Wayne Orchiston writes: […]
August 16, 2016
The ATNF Historic Photographic Archive dates from 1939 and contains ~50,000 individual negatives or slides, and associated prints. The picture above shows the rhombic aerials at Dapto. – More information: […]
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.