The radio shell surrounding the runaway star WR16
August 15, 2025
Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars are massive late stage stars with broad emission lines. Wolf-Rayet stars follow an evolutionary cycle that is identifiable by their previous mass–loss history, where mass-loss outbursts are […]
ATNF Colloquium — Piyush Mehta (CISER / West Virginia University)
August 14, 2025
Next-Gen Tools and Techniques for Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management Abstract:Space debris remains a persistent threat to assets and humans in space. The proliferation of low Earth orbit (LEO) with replenishable […]
ATNF Colloquium — Kshitij Bane (NCRA-TIFR, Pune)
August 13, 2025
Under the SPOTLIGHT: Hunting Fast Transients in Real Time with the UGMRT Abstract: The detection of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) has grown exponentially in recent years, but real-time localisation with high […]
National Science Week
August 11, 2025
National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. Held in August each year, it features more than 2,000 events around Australia. From hands-on explorations of the science […]
ATCA Observations of the Pulsar Wind Nebula in SNR G11.2−0.3
August 8, 2025
After a massive star undergoes a supernova (SN) explosion, it may leave behind a compact neutron star inside a supernova remnant (SNR), which may also be observed as a pulsar, […]
All-sky Radio Transient Monitor workshop
August 7, 2025
The image above shows the participants at the one-day workshop held earlier this week to explore the scientific opportunities and technical priorities for a proposed all-sky radio transient monitor. The […]
ATNF Colloquium — Sanne Bloot (ASTRON / Kapteyn Astronomical Institute)
August 6, 2025
From exoplanets to long-period transients: Coherent radio emission from binary systems Abstract: Many binary systems produce coherent radio bursts, from the Jupiter-Io system to star-planet interactions to systems as exotic as […]
ATNF Colloquium — Mattias Lazda (University of Toronto)
August 5, 2025
The CHIME/FRB Outriggers: Project Overview and Commissioning Results Abstract: The CHIME/FRB Outriggers are a network of radio telescopes spanning continental North-America. Designed specifically for localizing fast radio bursts (FRBs) to
Science Cases for an All-Sky Radio Transient Monitor
August 4, 2025
A one-day workshop to explore the scientific opportunities and technical priorities for a proposed all-sky radio transient monitor is being held today at Marsfield (and on-line). The goal of this […]
An ASKAP Catalogue of Galactic Supernova Remnants and Candidates
August 1, 2025
Supernovae and their remnants are the mechanism by which a star’s energy and the heavy elements produced in its core are dispersed back into the interstellar medium (ISM). They play […]
An ASKAP Catalogue of Galactic Supernova Remnants and Candidates
July 31, 2025
Supernovae and their remnants are the mechanism by which a star’s energy and the heavy elements produced in its core are dispersed back into the interstellar medium (ISM). They play […]
ATNF Colloquium – Erin Hestir (Uni. of California, Merced)
July 30, 2025
From Genes to Pixels: Advancing Invasion Science and Restoration through Integrated Observation Abstract: More than 3 billion people around the world lack access to reliable information about the quality 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.