Cosmic nano-diamonds – by Greaves et al.
June 18, 2018
For a couple of decades, astronomers have been puzzled by Anomalous Microwave Emission (AME), excess radiation detected between ~10 and ~60 GHz. Spinning dust had been proposed as the cause […]
ASKAP near and far
June 15, 2018
The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, ASKAP, consists of thirty-six 12-m diameter antennas, equipped with Phased Array Feed (PAF) receivers. This view shows antenna AK05, in the centre of the […]
When molecular clouds collide – by Sano et al.
June 14, 2018
A collision between two molecular clouds is one possible candidate for high-mass star formation. The HII region RCW 36, located in the Vela molecular ridge, contains a young star cluster, […]
PULSE@Parkes at C3DIS
June 13, 2018
The Collaborative Conference on Computational and Data Intensive Science (C3DIS), 2018 was held from 28-31 May at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. C3DIS aims to build a national community […]
ATCA observations of Westerlund 1 – by Andrews et al.
June 12, 2018
Westerlund 1 is a massive star cluster located about 3.7 kpc, or 12,000 light years, from Earth, that was discovered by Swedish astronomer Bengt Westerlund in 1961. Westerlund 1 is […]
The Deep Space Network Now! – by Glen Nagle
June 8, 2018
There is a lot of competition for time on ATNF telescope from radio astronomers and their projects. The same is true for tracking spacecraft in the NASA’s Deep Space Network […]
The HI disc of NGC 922 – by Elagali et al.
June 7, 2018
NGC 922 is a collisional ring galaxy located at a distance of 44 Mpc from our Galaxy. Elagali et al. present new atomic hydrogen (H I) observations with the Australia […]
ATNF Colloquium – FLASH, SWISH, LOFAR, APERTIF: Research and support highlights from the last year
June 6, 2018
by Vanessa Moss (ASTRON) Abstract: In June 2017, I started a job as a telescope scientist at ASTRON, based in the Netherlands. This role is a combination of research and […]
Methanol masers in NGC 253 – by Chen et al.
June 5, 2018
Chen et al. have used the Jansky Very large Array (JVLA) to follow-up earlier Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) observations of 36.2 GHz class I methanol maser from starburst galaxy […]
A Turnover in the Radio Light Curve of GW170817 – by Dobie et al.
June 4, 2018
The Gravitational Wave event GW170817 was the result of a neutron star–neutron star merger. Dobie et al. have presented a series of 2–9 GHz radio observations of GW170817 covering the […]
Looking back at Parkes
June 1, 2018
As described in yesterday’s ADAP , a star party was held at Parkes during this year’s Stargazing Live series during the successful attempt to break the world record for Stargazing. […]
Stargazing Live world record attempt
May 31, 2018
As described in an ADAP last week , this year’s Stargazing Live programs included an attempt to break the world record for Stargazing. The existing record was set by the […]
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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.