Dissecting Galaxies – Southern Cross Conference 2015
May 25, 2015
Welcome to the 8th Southern Cross Conference, this year on the topic “Multi-wavelength dissection of galaxies” . The Southern Cross Conferences series is jointly organised by the CSIRO’s Australia Telescope […]
Teachers at the 64-m Parkes telescope
May 24, 2015
by Rob Hollow (CASS) Participants from the 2015 “Astronomy from the Ground Up!” teacher workshop at the CSIRO Parkes Observatory, held 15 – 17 May. For details about CASS Teacher […]
Walking on The Dish surface
May 23, 2015
by Jing Wang (CASS) A clear morning at Parkes. It was also the teachers’ workshop at Parkes. The participants (in total around twenty people) were divided into two groups, taking […]
ATNF Colloquium – The close link between baryons and dark matter in disc galaxies
May 22, 2015
by Federico Lelli (Case Western Reserve University, US) Abstract. Galaxies follow tight scaling relations linking their dynamical properties to their baryonic content. The study of these dynamical laws strongly constrains […]
*** PRESS RELEASE *** Galaxy’s snacking habits revealed
May 21, 2015
A team of Australian and Spanish astronomers have caught a greedy galaxy gobbling on its neighbours and leaving crumbs of evidence about its dietary past. Galaxies grow by churning loose […]
The HIPASS survey of the Galactic plane in radio recombination lines
May 20, 2015
by Marta Alves (IRAP, Toulouse) Radio recombination line (RRL) observations have been widely used to probe the physical conditions of the ionised gas in the Milky Way. These studies have […]
The Story of Light @ Vivid Sydney
May 19, 2015
by Amanda Bauer (AAO) A panel of professional astronomers tell “The Story of Light” , inspired by the International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies 2015. – Almost everything we […]
Phased Array Feeds on ASKAP
May 18, 2015
Photo by Suzy Jackson (CASS) ASKAP, the Australian SKA Pathfinder, consists of 36 telescopes, which together form a powerful 6-km diameter radio interferometer. The photo above shows the installation of […]
Frank Kerr in the old Parkes control room
May 17, 2015
The original Parkes telescope control desk has long been replaced by a set of modern computers, but the observers are just as dedicated as in the early years of radio […]
The Dish’s elevation drive close up
May 16, 2015
Photo by Shaun Amy (CASS) The Parkes Observatory occasionally holds Open Days, providing the best opportunity to get a very close look at our giant 64-m telescope. The photo above […]
VLBI observations of the nearby giga-hertz peaked spectrum source PKS 2254-367
May 15, 2015
by Phil Edwards (CASS) PKS 2254-367 was identified as a member of the class of GHz-peaked spectrum (GPS) galaxy in earlier ATCA observations, and is of particular interest as it […]
A beautiful day at the ATCA
May 14, 2015
by David Brodrick (CASS) The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) in its 1.5C configuration on a late afternoon. The antennas were tracking the calibrator 0537-441.
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.
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