Green meadows around ASKAP
March 16, 2017
by Brett Hiscock (CASS) A total of 30 ASKAP antennas are now equipped with wide-field Phased-Array Feeds (PAFs) – delivering a field of view of 30 sq degr on the […]
ATNF Colloquium – Gas and star formation in galaxies: the role of environment and (almost) dark galaxies
March 15, 2017
by Steven Janowiecki (ICRAR/UWA) Abstract. I will talk about recent work studying gas and star-formation in samples of galaxies. In particular, using the new xGASS survey, we have found unusually […]
One woman’s role in designing the world’s largest radio telescope
March 14, 2017
by Gabby Russell (CSIRO) CSIRO Blog by Helen Sim : The Square Kilometre Array, or SKA, is a next-generation radio telescope that will be vastly more sensitive than the best […]
ATNF Colloquium – Anisotropies in the gravitational wave background as a probe of the cosmic string network
March 8, 2017
by Sachiko Kuroyanagi (Nagoya University) Abstract. Cosmic strings are one-dimensional topological defects, which arise naturally in scenarios of the early Universe, such as inflation based on string theory as well […]
Visiting The Dish
March 7, 2017
Photos by Merrill Findlay Stuart Ryder (AAO) and John Sarkissan (CASS) at The Dish before the Central West Astronomical Society (CWAS) meeting last Friday, posing with the poster of the […]
Storm approaching at Boolardy
March 6, 2017
Photos by Rhonda Richardson (PSG Holdings) Stormy weather at the Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory (MRO). These picture were taken in early February 2017.
Supernova SN1987A: 30 years since discovery – Part III
March 3, 2017
by Dick Manchester (CASS) Early imaging observations with the ATCA ( Staveley-Smith et al. 1993 ) showed that the radio supernova remnant had an annular form with a diameter of […]
Supernova SN1987A: 30 years since discovery – Part II
March 2, 2017
by Dick Manchester (CASS) About three years after the initial burst, radio emission was again detected from SN1987A, first at Molonglo and then a few weeks later at the Australia […]
ATNF Colloquium – (adventures in) L L land
March 1, 2017
by Dominic Schnitzeler (MPIfR) Abstract. How do galaxies form large-scale magnetic fields? And are these magnetic fields so strong that they influence gas dynamics? Polarization observations with radio telescopes can […]
Supernova SN1987A: 30 years since discovery – Part I
February 28, 2017
by Dick Manchester (CASS) The prompt radio burst, from Turtle et al. 1987, Nature 327, 38 , with observations from Molonglo, Fleurs (both within 24 hours of the optical SN […]
Storm at ASKAP
February 27, 2017
by Brett Hiscock (CASS) A total of 30 ASKAP antennas are now equipped with wide-field Phased-Array Feeds (PAFs) – delivering a field of view of 30 sq degr on the […]
IAU Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
February 24, 2017
The new webpages for IAU Division B – Facilities, Technologies and Data Science are now available for members to view and contribute.
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.