ASKAP Detection of the Ultra-Long Period Pulsar PSR J0901-4046
January 5, 2026
A radio source with a period of 75.88 s, suspected of being an ultra-long period pulsar, was discovered in 2020 with the MeerKAT radio telescope. Lenc et al. report the […]
Season’s Greetings
December 19, 2025
This year marks 25 years since the release of the movie “The Dish.” The film is loosely based on the role Murriyang, the Parkes radio telescope, along with NASA’s antenna […]
Season’s Greetings
December 18, 2025
CSIRO acknowledges and highlights Indigenous science and knowledge. In 2024 CSIRO launched its Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to continue to build and maintain strong relationships and partnerships. The RAP […]
ASKAP discovery of the millisecond pulsar PSR J1728−4608
December 17, 2025
Petrou et al. present the discovery of PSR J1728−4608, a new “redback spider” pulsar identified in ASKAP images from the EMU and VAST survey projects. Follow-up observations with Murriyang, the […]
ATNF user demographics
December 16, 2025
The ATNF Annual Report for 2024/25 has now been published. The Annual Report includes articles on each of the ATNF telescopes, WA Observatory Site Entity, instrumentation and technology development, data archives, performance […]
ATNF News, December 2025
December 15, 2025
The latest issue of the ATNF News has just been published. This issue includes Notes from the ATNF leadership team, Learnings from the ATCA Science Day in April, an update […]
ATNF Annual Report for 2024/25
December 12, 2025
The ATNF Annual Report for 2024/25 has now been published. The Annual Report includes articles on each of the ATNF telescopes, WA Observatory Site Entity, instrumentation and technology development, data […]
A New Look at The Dynamic Radio Sky
December 11, 2025
Murphy and Kaplan have reviewed the current status of radio transient studies, focussing on image domain (or ‘slow’) transients, on timescales of seconds to years, and summarise the developments enabled […]
ASKAP SBID 80000
December 10, 2025
ASKAP recently crossed a milestone in the number of observations done since commissioning, with its “odometer” of scheduling blocks surpassing 80,000. A scheduling block is a unique observation identifier, which […]
A New Look at The Dynamic Radio Sky
December 9, 2025
Astronomical objects that change rapidly give us insight into extreme environments, allowing us to identify new phenomena, test fundamental physics, and probe the Universe on all scales. Transient and variable […]
12.2 GHz methanol with BIGCAT
December 8, 2025
The ATCA has been off-line since November 18 in order for the second part of the BIGCAT upgrade to be undertaken — doubling the bandwidth able to be recorded in […]
Multi-wavelength observations of a new black-widow millisecond pulsar PSR J1544−2555
December 5, 2025
Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) differ from the regular pulsar population due to their fast spin periods and low spin-down rates MSPs are thought to be formed in binary systems through the […]
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.