ATNF Colloquium – Vacation Students Symposium
February 7, 2019
Abstract: The 2018/19 CASS Undergraduate Vacation Scholars Student Symposium will be held on Thursday 7 February. Each student presents a talk about their project. Talks will be presented from Marsfield, […]
ATNF Colloquium – Tailored Simulations
February 6, 2019
by Nathan Deg (University of Cape Town) Abstract: Tailored simulations are excellent tools for investigating a variety of physical phenomena using controlled numerical experiments. In this talk, I will introduce […]
ATNF Colloquium – The UTMOST-2D time domain radio astronomy machine
February 5, 2019
by Adam Deller (Swinburne) Abstract: The Molonglo Cross Telescope was inaugurated over 50 years ago and has passed through several upgrades during its operating life to enable new science output […]
Parkes Elvis Festival 2019
February 4, 2019
The Parkes Elvis Festival was first held in 1993, and has gone from strength to strength ever since. Held in January (as Elvis’ birthday is January 8th), the parade is […]
A candidate microquasar in NGC 300 – by Urquhart et al.
February 1, 2019
Urquhart et al. have reported the discovery of a powerful candidate microquasar in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 300. Chandra images show four discrete X-ray knots aligned in the plane […]
Parkes contributions to astro-chemistry
January 31, 2019
In a recent review, McGuire notes that 204 individual molecular species, comprised of 16 different elements, have been detected in the interstellar and circumstellar medium by astronomical observations. These molecules […]
A (relatively) nearby Fast Radio Burst – by Petroff et al.
January 30, 2019
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond pulses of radio emission that appear to have extragalactic origins. More than 50 FRBs have now been detected, with only one seen to repeat. […]
Australia Day Honours
January 29, 2019
The Australian honours system recognises the efforts and achievements of Australian citizens, with awards traditionally being announced on Australia Day, January 26th. This year, Ron Ekers and Elaine Sadler were […]
ASKAP imaging of a supernova remnant
January 25, 2019
The image above shows, at left, an ASKAP image of SN 1006, the remnant of a supernova which was observed on Earth in the year 1006 AD. The right hand […]
ASKAP’s other uses…
January 24, 2019
Commissioning of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) has taken place in stages, with more and more antennas being added into the array with time. The local birdlife was […]
ASKAP images of the NGC 7232 galaxy group (Part 3) – by Karen Lee-Waddell
January 23, 2019
Lee-Waddell et al. (2019) have used the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) to detect HI in the NGC 7232 galaxy group. The observations were taken on behalf of WALLABY […]
ASKAP images of the NGC 7232 galaxy group (Part 2) – by Karen Lee-Waddell
January 22, 2019
Lee-Waddell et al. (2019) have used the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) to detect HI in the NGC 7232 galaxy group. The observations were taken on behalf of WALLABY […]
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.