VLBI images of active galactic nuclei
September 26, 2017
(by Müller et al.) TANAMI (Tracking Active Galactic Nuclei with Austral Milliarcsecond Interferometry) is a multiwavelength project to monitor relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei (AGN) of the Southern Sky. […]
VLBI images of active galactic nuclei
September 25, 2017
(by Müller et al.) TANAMI (Tracking Active Galactic Nuclei with Austral Milliarcsecond Interferometry) is a multiwavelength project to monitor relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei (AGN) of the Southern Sky. […]
The third ACAMAR meeting
September 22, 2017
The third ACAMAR meeting — Australia-China Workshop on Astrophysics — was held in Hobart this week. Following Elaine Sadler’s opening remarks (yesterday’s ADAP), today’s picture shows Ji Yang also welcoming […]
The third ACAMAR meeting
September 21, 2017
The third ACAMAR meeting — Australia-China Workshop on Astrophysics — was held in Hobart this week. The picture above shows Elaine Sadler welcoming participants to the meeting. The focus of […]
Boom times for radio continuum surveys
September 20, 2017
(by Ray Norris) The plot above shows the number of radio sources detected by the largest extragalactic radio surveys, from the birth of radio astronomy to the next-generation surveys. Radio […]
Phased Array Feeds on show
September 19, 2017
CSIRO’s Phased Array Feed (PAF) technology will go on show at the Adelaide Convention Centre as part of the International Astronautical Congress 2017 from September 25 to 29. PAFs were […]
Repairs of the Parkes Master Equatorial
September 18, 2017
(by Tim Wilson) The picture above is the last in this series related to the repair of the Parkes Master Equatorial drive system, and shows the reassembled drive system with […]
Cassini’s grand finale
September 15, 2017
Tonight, our team at Tidbinbilla will play a crucial role in monitoring the final hours of the Cassini spacecraft as it plunges into Saturn’s atmosphere. Launched in October, 1997, Cassini […]
Repairs of the Parkes Master Equatorial
September 14, 2017
(by Tim Wilson) The picture above shows more detail of the Parkes Master Equatorial drive system. The gold-coloured main hour angle gear-wheel can be seen, but in this image the […]
ATNF Colloquium – Surprising existence of massive and large molecular gas reservoirs in a distant protocluster
September 13, 2017
by Helmut Dannerbauer (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias) Abstract. Galaxies in local clusters are significantly affected by environmental effects. However, we do not yet know when these physical processes are […]
Repairs of the Parkes Master Equatorial
September 12, 2017
(by Tim Wilson) The image above shows the beginning of work last week to replace gears of the Parkes Master Equatorial telescope. The large circular gear wheel partly visible in […]
The Parkes Master Equatorial
September 11, 2017
(by Tim Wilson) When consideration was being given to the design of the Parkes radio-telescope in the 1950s, British inventor-engineer Barnes Wallis was consulted. Over lunch with Taffy Bowen, Wallis […]
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.