The 21-cm Parkes multibeam receiver
July 7, 2015
Photo by the CASS receiver group The 21-cm multibeam receiver at the Parkes 64-m telescope was used to carry out the HI Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS) , the HI […]
Machining the methanol multibeam receiver
July 6, 2015
Photo by Graham Moorey (CASS) The methanol multibeam receiver at the Parkes 64-m telescope was used to carry out a 6.7 GHz maser survey of the Galactic Plane. The picture […]
Planet formation around HD100546
July 5, 2015
by Sarah Maddison (Swinburne University) Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) image of the protoplanetary disk around the young star HD100546. This young, massive star is about 100 pc from the […]
Kinematic Modelling of Warped Galaxy Discs
July 4, 2015
by Peter Kamphuis (CASS) Kinematical parameterisations of disc galaxies, employing emission line observations, are indispensable tools for studying the formation and evolution of galaxies. In Kamphuis et al. (2015) we […]
Erik Lensson – happy retirement !
July 3, 2015
Photo by John Sarkissian (CASS) All the best to Erik Lensson (pictured) who retired at the end of June. With no further delay, he’s on his way to go fishing […]
ATNF Colloquium – SETI and CASPER
July 2, 2015
by Dan Werthimer (University of California, Berkeley) Abstract. Dan Werthimer will discuss the search for radio, infrared, and optical signals from other civilizations. Berkeley’s SETI@home project analyzes Arecibo data using […]
Another Leap Second
July 1, 2015
A positive leap second is being introduced, a rare event, to keep the time close to the mean solar time. The sequence of dates for the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) […]
Michelle Storey’s retirement party
June 30, 2015
Photo by Flornes Yuen (CASS) All the best to Michelle Storey (pictured) who retires today and had a wonderful retirement party at work yesterday. Speeches and cake, hugs and presents, […]
Rainbow-colored Jet d’Eau in Geneva
June 29, 2015
by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) This photo was taken nearly exactly one year ago during a late afternoon walk along lake Geneva after a busy EWASS 2014 conference session. This year’s […]
Star trails at Boolardy
June 28, 2015
Photo by Andrew Ng (CASS) This was Andrew’s first attempt at astrophotography, with star trails encircling the celestial South Pole. It was a last minute decision to leave the camera […]
Milky Way at Boolardy
June 27, 2015
Photo by Andrew Ng (CASS) A stunning photo of the Milky Way galaxy above Boolardy, where ASKAP is located. After installing the firmware for the second-generation Phase-Array Feeds Andrew Ng […]
Phased-Array Feed installation
June 26, 2015
by the ASKAP team (CASS) A great photo of four 12-m ASKAP antennas. Here antenna 4 is getting a second-generation Phased-Array Feed. The right most ASKAP antenna is part of […]
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.