February 28, 2020
John Murray, a leading receiver engineer from the early days of Australian radio astronomy, passed away recently at the age of 95. Murray joined CSIRO’s Division of Radiophysics in 1947, […]
February 27, 2020
The February 2020 edition of the ASKAP update is now available. In addition to news on the progress of the pilot surveys, the newsletter describes the SWAG-X project undertaken in […]
February 26, 2020
Marcus Lower (Swinburne University of Technology) Abstract: The Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST) played an integral role in the early years of pulsar astronomy, discovering more than half of all […]
February 25, 2020
Ground-state OH masers are relatively common in the vicinity of high-mass star formation (HMSF), the circumstellar envelopes of evolved giant and supergiant stars, and the interaction regions of supernova remnants […]
February 24, 2020
Ground-state OH masers are relatively common in the vicinity of high-mass star formation (HMSF), the circumstellar envelopes of evolved giant and supergiant stars, and the interaction regions of supernova remnants […]
February 21, 2020
Qiao et al. present high spatial resolution observations of ground-state OH masers achieved with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). These observations targeted 253 pointing centres containing OH maser candidates […]
February 20, 2020
Ground-state hydroxyl (OH) transitions arise from four hyperfine sub-levels within the lowest rotational state, with “main line” frequencies of 1665.402 and 1667.359 MHz and “satellite line” frequencies of 1612.231 and […]
February 19, 2020
De Martino et al. have described multiwavelength observations of transitional millisecond pulsar binary XSS J12270-4859 during its current rotation-powered state, including observations with the NuSTAR X-ray satellite and the Parkes […]
February 18, 2020
The first Australian science fiction TV series has been given a new lease of life. The Stranger enjoyed immediate popularity when first broadcast on the ABC in 1964, but has […]
February 17, 2020
Ivy Wong joined CASS, Kensington at the end of January as a CSIRO science leader working on the massive data challenges in the SKA era. Ivy is primarily a radio […]
February 14, 2020
As mentioned in a recent ADAP , the Parkes telescope and the Australia Telescope Compact Array will both benefit from Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) grants. […]
February 13, 2020
Gyula Józsa (SKA Africa / Rhodes University) Abstract: MeerKAT is a radio telescope situated in South Africa’s Karoo desert. It has recently been built as an SKA demonstrator and precursor […]
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.