November 30, 2016
by Rebecca McElroy (Sydney Uni) Abstract. We report the discovery of an AGN that has changed spectral type not once, but twice. So called `changing look’ AGN are an uncommon […]
November 29, 2016
by Martin Bell (CASS) Our incoming cohort of summer students started in Sydney today. In this years program we have students located in both our Sydney and Perth offices. We […]
November 28, 2016
by Tasso Tzioumis (CASS) Prototype rocket Phased-Array Feed (PAF) designed and build by CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science. A larger version of this amazing wide-field receiver would make an excellent […]
November 25, 2016
by Brett Hiscock (CASS) The first stage of the new power station for the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) is now operational. Constructed by Horizon Power and EMC Solar Construction , […]
November 24, 2016
CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) is located near the town of Narrabri in NSW; it consists of six 22-m telescopes forming a 6-km diameter dish. Five antennas are movable […]
November 23, 2016
by Clancy James ((Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics) Abstract. KM3NeT is a neutrino detector currently in Phase 1 of construction at two sites in the Mediterranean Sea. Consisting of arrays […]
November 22, 2016
by Craig Anderson (CASS) John Gatenby Bolton FRS (5 June 1922 – 6 July 1993) was a British-Australian astronomer. He was a pioneer in the area of radio astronomy, and […]
November 21, 2016
by Chris Riseley (CASS) The image shows the separation of bulk components in the intracluster medium (ICM) of the merging cluster system, MACS J0025.4-1222. The background image is from the […]
November 18, 2016
A paper led by Vikram Ravi, published in Science today , entitled “The magnetic field and turbulence of the cosmic web measured using a brilliant fast radio burst” discusses FRB […]
November 17, 2016
by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) 3D Visualisation of gas and stars in the spiral galaxy NGC 5204 made using Splotch. The HI data were provided by Gyula Jozsa; optical images are […]
November 16, 2016
The 3D Visualisation workshop starts today, running over three days at the CSIRO Marsfield site. The workshop brings together a diverse range of researchers (astronomy, bio-medicine, energy, nano-technologies, …), as […]
November 15, 2016
The 64-m Parkes telescope will soon be equipped with a brand-new ultra-wide band receiver covering a frequency range of 0.7 – 4.0 GHz (middle, right). And, after commissioning the Phased-Array […]
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.