The Australia Telescope Compact Array
April 7, 2015
Two antennas of CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) illuminated by the setting Sun, with kangaroos in the foreground. – The photo above was taken by Angel Lopez-Sanchez (AAO/UMQ) – […]
Science Meets Parliament 2015 – Discussing astronomy and the tech spin-offs with the Prime Minister
April 6, 2015
by Alan Duffy (Swinburne University of Technology) During the 15th annual Science Meets Parliament event, 200 scientists descended on Canberra to learn politics and policy making from both politicians and […]
Happy Easter
April 5, 2015
Our telescopes operate 24/7, collecting amazing scientific data. Many observers are busy over the Easter weekend, mostly remote observing from home. Happy observing and Happy Easter to all.
Three ATNF postdocs visiting the ATCA
April 4, 2015
by Amy Kimball (CASS) ATNF postdocs (from left to right: Tim Shimwell, Ioannis Gonidakis, and Amy Kimball) enjoying a working visit to the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). This powerful […]
Giant radio galaxies – Tracers of large-scale structure
April 3, 2015
by Jurek Malarecki (ICRAR/UWA) The contours of this image show the giant radio galaxy B0511-305 as imaged by the Compact Array at 2.1 GHz. The lobes of this radio galaxy […]
CASS receives Bronze Pleiades Award
April 2, 2015
by the CASS Diversity Committee CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) has received a bronze award in the first year of a new national scheme to improve gender equity in […]
Simulated skies for ASKAP
April 1, 2015
by Alan Duffy (Swinburne University of Technology) One of the largest simulated universes ever created was ‘viewed’ through the expected configuration of the newly completed Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder […]
Fun for young and old at the Astrofest in Perth
March 31, 2015
by Phil Crosby (CASS) The 2015 Perth Astrofest was held on the 27th of March attracting a large crowd of astronomy enthusiasts. The picture shows Aidan Hotan (CASS, Perth), Mary […]
ATCA Observations of High-Mass Star-Forming Clumps
March 30, 2015
by Ian Stephens (Boston University) The Millimetre Astronomy Legacy Team 90 GHz (MALT90) Mopra survey has detected high-mass star-forming clumps with anomalous N 2 H + /HCO + (1-0) integrated […]
3-D reconstruction of Jupiter’s Radio Emission
March 29, 2015
High energy electrons trapped in Jupiter’s radiation belts emit synchrotron radiation at radio wavelengths. Here we show the movie of a 3-D reconstruction of ATCA 20-cm Jupiter’s synchrotron radiation. The […]
Radio searches for particle dark matter in Local Group dSph galaxies
March 28, 2015
by Marco Regis (University of Torino and INFN, Italy) Regis et al. (2014) investigate the presence of radio signals in dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies induced by non-gravitational interactions of dark […]
ASKAP beamformers
March 27, 2015
by the ASKAP Firmware team (CASS) ASKAP beamformers for CSIRO’s second-generation Phased-Array Feed (PAF) receivers are all packed into crates and ready for shipment to the Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory (MRO) […]
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.