The Murchison Widefield Array
July 13, 2017
by Kurt Warhurst (CASS) The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) consists of 2048 dual-polarization dipole antennas, arranged in 128 “tiles”, each a 4×4 array of dipoles. The dipoles are sensitive to […]
Rainbow
July 12, 2017
by Brett Hiscock (CASS) While it was a cloudy day on a recent flight between Geraldton and the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, there did not appear to be much rain about. […]
Venus and crescent moon
July 11, 2017
by Brett Hiscock (CASS) Venus is visible as it reflects the light of the sun, and its brightness changes as it moves relative to the Earth in its orbit around […]
ASKAP in action
July 10, 2017
by Kurt Warhurst (CASS) The image above shows five of the 12-m diameter antennas of the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) array in action. Also visible is a tower […]
SETI at Parkes
July 7, 2017
by John Sarkissian (CASS) Last month a team from the Breakthough Listen Initiative visited Parkes to complete the final installation of their equipment. Observatory staff were able to provide a […]
Full moon over ASKAP
July 6, 2017
by Brett Hiscock (CASS) This image of the (almost) full moon was taken from the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Western Australia. The moon’s features are clearly seen: the dark patches […]
ATNF Colloquium
July 5, 2017
Characterising stellar and planetary magnetic fields via low-frequency radio astro by Christene Lynch (Sydney University) Abstract. Establishing what criteria define habitability is essential for determining the potential for life outside […]
A radio outburst from PKS 1954-388
July 4, 2017
by Phil Edwards (CASS) PKS 1954-388 is an active galaxy about 6 billion light years from our own Galaxy (at a redshift of 0.63). It is regularly observed with the […]
ASKAP Phased Array Feed
July 3, 2017
by Brett Hiscock (CASS) The Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) is an array of thirty-six 12m diameter dishes located at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Western Australia. Thirty of […]
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.