Searching for high-energy particles hitting the moon
March 5, 2015
by Justin Bray (University of Manchester, U.K.) High-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos, when they hit the moon, should produce a pulse of radio waves that can be detected from earth. […]
ATNF Colloquium – Spatial RFI Mitigation & Radio Astronomy
March 4, 2015
by Greg Hellbourg (CASS) Abstract. Radio-Frequency Interference (RFI) is a serious and challenging issue for radio astronomy due to increasing spectrum occupancy. Current approaches for mitigating interference contributions to astronomical […]
2015 ATNF Observing Schedules
March 3, 2015
The ATNF observing schedules for the 2015 April semester are now available on-line. All ATNF observations are carried out by the observers from the Science Operations Center (SOC), located at […]
February 2015 – ADAP Collage
March 2, 2015
by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) Thank you so much to all the wonderful contributions to the ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture (ADAP). Here are links to the collage for each previous month: […]
Wildlife at the ATCA
March 1, 2015
by Andreas Herzog (Bochum University, Germany) Not only kangaroos, goannas, and spiders are attracted by the impressive Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). This picture, taken in the early evening on […]
Help us find more spiral DRAGNs
February 28, 2015
by Minnie Mao (NRAO) In the local Universe, large-scale double-lobed radio sources are almost always hosted by elliptical galaxies. This is consistent with leading galaxy formation models that suggest both […]
ASKAP Highlights – Mk II Phased-Array Feed Performance
February 27, 2015
by Aaron Chippendale (CASS) On-dish measurements from CSIRO’s Mk II phased-array feed (PAF) have confirmed low-noise performance across the ASKAP frequency band. Sensitivity is significantly improved over the majority of […]
ASKAP Highlights – Mk II Phased-Array Feed
February 26, 2015
by Aaron Chippendale (CASS) This is the first Mk II phased-array feed (PAF), which was installed on ASKAP antenna 29 in September 2014. The Mk II PAF has significantly improved […]
ATNF Colloquia – Supermassive Black Holes and Millisecond Pulsar Discoveries
February 25, 2015
by Steve Croft and David Kaplan (1) “Probing Supermassive Black Hole Growth with Next Generation Radio Telescopes” by Steve Croft (UC Berkeley / Eureka Scientific) : A new generation of […]
ATNF Colloquium – MWA & progress towards SKA_LOW
February 24, 2015
by Carole Jackson (ICRAR, Curtin University) Abstract. Work by the “Low-Frequency Aperture Array” (LFAA) R&D Consortium for the future SKA telescope is concentrated on the set of antennas, on board […]
Real-time discovery of a fast radio burst (FRB)
February 23, 2015
by Ryan Shannon (CASS) & Vikram Ravi (University of Melbourne) Ravi, Shannon and Jameson (2015) report the real-time discovery, in 2013, of a fast radio burst (FRB 131104) with the […]
MALT-45: A 7 mm survey of the southern Galaxy
February 22, 2015
by Christopher Jordan (University of Tasmania) MALT-45 is a Galactic plane survey for star formation, which uses the Australia Telescope Compact Array in a unique way. One significant result from […]
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.