International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA) – 2015 meeting
June 6, 2015
by Matthew Kerr (CASS) The annual meeting of the IPTA (International Pulsar Timing Array), hosted by the ATNF, will take place in the beautiful Blue Mountains of New South Wales, […]
ASKAP Phased-Array Feed
June 5, 2015
by the ASKAP team (CASS) Bird’s-eye view of the Murchison Radio Observatory (MRO) from the top of ASKAP antenna 2 – also known as Birliya (Wajarri Yamatji for Flat-leaf Mineritchie […]
ASKAP beamformers arrived
June 4, 2015
by the ASKAP team (CASS) The big wooden crates last seen at the CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) headquarters in Sydney have safely arrived on the ASKAP site, where […]
The Bluedisks project: a study of unusually HI-rich galaxies
June 3, 2015
by Jing Wang (CASS) The Bluedisk project ( Wang et al. 2012 , 2013 ) with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) has mapped the HI in a sample of […]
Blasting away a dwarf galaxy: The “tail” of ESO 324-G024
June 2, 2015
by Megan Johnson (CASS) We present a detailed study of the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 324-G024 – colored green and seen in projection against the northern lobe of the radio […]
ATNF Science Day – 1 June 2015
June 1, 2015
The Australia Telescope User Committee (ATUC) meets regularly to (a) hear about recent ATNF developments and (b) discuss the future ATNF science priorities. All users of the Australia Telescope National […]
One ATCA dish backlit by the Sun
May 31, 2015
The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) , located at the Paul Wild Observatory and operated by CSIRO, is an array of six 22-m antennas used for radio astronomy. It is […]
Solar radiometer at Potts Hill
May 30, 2015
This shows a 1-m diameter equatorially-mounted, motor-driven parabolic antenna at the Potts Hill field station first built to observe the 1948 November 1 partial solar eclipse at 10cm. In front […]
Giant gas reservoir around an old lenticular galaxy
May 29, 2015
by Mustafa K. Yıldız (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute) NGC 4203 is a lenticular galaxy surrounded by an unusually large HI disc (radius ~ 30 kpc). In a paper now accepted for […]
On the paucity of Fast Radio Bursts at low Galactic latitudes
May 28, 2015
by Simon Johnston (CASS) Can interstellar scintillation explain the deficit of Fast Radio Bursts FRBs) at low Galactic latitudes ? A paper just accepted by Macquart and Johnston ( astro-ph/1505.05893 […]
The Parkes focus cabin
May 27, 2015
by Jing Wang (CASS) Viewing the focus cabin from the surface the “The Dish” before the start of the teachers’ workshop at Parkes. The top of the cabin is 58 […]
Gas, dust and stars in the Circinus Galaxy
May 26, 2015
by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) The Circinus Galaxy was discovered relatively recently as it hides behind the bright stellar disk of the Milky Way. The color composite image shows the cold […]
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.