Bolton Symposium talk
December 15, 2015
by Juan Madrid (CASS) The M87 jet is experiencing extreme optical/UV variability and very high energy emission that were never anticipated. HST-1, a knot along the M87 jet located 1 […]
Before the storm at ASKAP
December 14, 2015
by Brett Hiscock (CASS) The colours of the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) come alive in anticipation of a pending storm. The white of the ASKAP antennas contrast beautifully with the […]
Visiting ASKAP
December 13, 2015
Photo by Connie Brem (CASS) Following the wonderful Murchison Astrofest , we returned to Boolardy Station and on the following day had a great tour of the ASKAP site and […]
Hovermap of the Parkes Dish
December 12, 2015
An unusual view of the CSIRO’s 64-m Parkes telescope. The above image shows one frame of a fly-through of the point cloud generated by Hovermap . For more details and […]
Budgies near ASKAP
December 11, 2015
by Brett Hiscock (CASS) A swarm of green budgerigars (budgies) take flight in the Murchison region, near the location of the ASKAP telescope. These nomadic, storm-chasing, desert birds are native […]
Bolton Symposium talk
December 10, 2015
by Aina Musaeva (Sydney University) The intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) occupy the mass range between the stellar (sMBHs) and supermassive black holes (SMBHs). IMBHs can help explain how first SMBHs […]
The Australian SKA Pathfinder
December 9, 2015
The Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) consists of 36 x 12-m dishes, currently being equipped with wide-field Phased-Array Feeds (PAFs). The 30 square degrees field-of-view will make ASKAP a fast 21-cm […]
Wild flowers near the ASKAP site
December 8, 2015
During a visit to Boolardy station and the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) earlier this year, wild flowers were abundant everywhere, coloring the dusty red landscape.
Observing with ATNF Telescopes
December 7, 2015
Astronomers from Australia and overseas are invited to apply for observing time on ATNF telescopes: the next ATNF proposal deadline is next week on 15 Dec 2015, 06:00 UTC (5pm […]
Bolton Symposium talk
December 6, 2015
by Greg Hellbourg (CASS) Active Radio Frequency Interfernce (RFI) mitigation is important for radio astronomy in order to overcome the continuously-growing spectrum occupancy of man-made radio sources. The research conducted […]
Antennas, the Universe and Everything
December 5, 2015
by Aaron Chippendale (CASS) Antennas and the Universe The main graphic shows a first-pass map of the radio sky at 70.625 MHz, which is dominated by our Galaxy. We made […]
Bolton Symposium talk
December 4, 2015
by Helga Denes (CASS/ANU) We observe cold neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) self absorption (HISA) clouds throughout our Galaxy against the background of warmer HI emission. These HISA regions are ideal […]
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.