Discovery of Main-sequence Radio Pulse emitters from widefield sky surveys
June 2, 2025
Magnetic AB stars are known to produce periodic radio pulses by the electron cyclotron maser emission (ECME) mechanism. Only 19 such stars, known as ‘Main-sequence Radio Pulse emitters’ (MRPs) are […]
EMU: A new radio atlas for the southern sky
May 30, 2025
Hopkins et al.describe the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) survey being conducted with ASKAP. EMU aims to deliver the touchstone radio atlas of the southern hemisphere. The paper introduces […]
EMU: A new radio atlas for the southern sky
May 29, 2025
Hopkins et al. describe the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) survey being conducted with ASKAP. EMU aims to deliver the touchstone radio atlas of the southern hemisphere. The paper […]
ATNF Colloquium – Connor Bottrell
May 28, 2025
Mini mergers with major consequences in a cold dark matter universe Connor Bottrell (University of Western Australia) Abstract:The gravitational forces measured beyond the Solar System tell us that 85% of […]
National Reconciliation Week
May 27, 2025
National Reconciliation Week is held from 27 May to 3 June each year. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey – the successful 1967 referendum, and the […]
The POSSUM survey
May 26, 2025
The Polarisation Sky Survey of the Universe’s Magnetism (POSSUM) is an ASKAP survey that will create a comprehensive Faraday rotation measure (RM) grid of up to one million compact extragalactic […]
The POSSUM survey
May 23, 2025
The Polarisation Sky Survey of the Universe’s Magnetism (POSSUM) is an ASKAP survey that will create a comprehensive Faraday rotation measure (RM) grid of up to one million compact extragalactic […]
ASKAP Update for May
May 22, 2025
Tha ASKAP Update for May includes reports on survey progress, observing over the Easter break, an attempt to see the re-entry of COSMOS 482 and the first calibration reference field […]
Bolton Symposium
May 21, 2025
The Bolton Symposium, named after the first director of Murriyang, our Parkes radio telescope, John Gatenby Bolton (1922-1993), provides a forum for early-career research (ECR) staff within the Australia Telescope National Facility […]
BIGCAT
May 20, 2025
The Australia Telescope Compact Array is currently in the process of being upgraded to the new BIGCAT (Broadband Integrated GPU Correlator for ATCA) system. BIGCAT will provide a spectral resolution of at […]
ATCA update
May 19, 2025
The Australia Telescope Compact Array is currently in the process of being upgraded from the CABB (Compact Array Broadband Backend) correlator to the new BIGCAT system. BIGCAT, the Broadband Integrated […]
Steering Committee visit SKA-Low
May 15, 2025
The Australia Telescope Steering Committee (ATSC) provides advice to the ATNF Director on the scientific and technical operations of the ATNF. The ATSC includes four Australian astronomers, three overseas experts, […]
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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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.