SKAO magazine, Contact
April 24, 2025
The latest issue of the SKAO magazine, Contact is now available. In addition to the regular construction updates for SKA-Low and SKA-Mid, the issue includes an article describing the steps […]
ASKAP Update for April
April 23, 2025
The ASKAP Update for April included repors on survey progress, ASKAP topics presented at the Australia Telescope Users Committee open session, and survey projections. The figure above is a visualisation […]
ASKAP Update for March
April 22, 2025
The ASKAP Update for March inlcuded reports on survey progress, sky model development, PAF prototype progress, and further investigations into the impact of the Sun on ASKAP data. The plot […]
ATCA sub-reflector
April 17, 2025
The Australia Telescope Compact Array uses a Cassegrain optics design, with radio waves reflected from the dish surface to a sub-reflector and then to the receiver. The 2.75m-diameter subreflectors are […]
ATNF Colloquium – Michael Kramer (MPIfR, Bonn)
April 16, 2025
Exploring Unknown Territory Abstract:Radio astronomy is an excellent tool for studying fundamental physics and to probe our edge of understanding. It allows to study compact objects, black holes at all […]
Postgraduate Student Symposium
April 15, 2025
The 2025 Postgraduate Student Symposium was held last Friday, capping off a busy week as it followed the ATCA Science Day and the Australia Telescope User Committee meetings. It had […]
Murriyang Pulsar Data Published in CSIRO’s Data Access Portal for 2024OCT
April 14, 2025
by Lawrence Toomey CSIRO’s Data Access Portal (DAP)) contains the most comprehensive archive of pulsar data globally, with over 4 Petabytes from Murriyang, the CSIRO Parkes radio telescope available for […]
ATCA Science Day
April 11, 2025
As pat of the Australia Telescope User Committee meetings this week, an ATCA Science Day was held to bring together researchers from across the community for a vibrant day of talks, discussion, and […]
When it rains…
April 10, 2025
The image above was taken on the last weekend in March after around 120mm of rain fell in the area over two days. The event led to widespread flooding locally, […]
Reflecting on the ATCA’s future
April 9, 2025
The Australia Telescope User Committee is meeting this week, and an ATCA Science Day was held yesterday to explore new opportunities and highlight ATCA’s unique capabilities in the SKA era. […]
Unusual Intraburst Variations of Polarization States in FRB 20210912A and FRB 20230708A: Effects of Plasma Birefringence?
April 8, 2025
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are highly energetic events of short-duration intense radio emission, the origin of which remains elusive. Polarization of the FRB signals carries information about the emission source […]
Exploring Unusual High-frequency Eclipses in MSP J1908+2105
April 7, 2025
This paper presents a comprehensive study of the eclipse properties of the spider millisecond pulsar (MSP) J1908+2105, using wide-band observations from the uGMRT and Parkes UWL. For the first time, […]
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.