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December 10, 2024

“It takes a village to raise a child” and it takes a dedicated team of technical and engineering staff to move the ATCA antennas from one array configuration to the […]

Visiting students at the Australia Telescope Compact Array during an array reconfiguration

December 9, 2024

Observing with the ATCA can be undertaken from almost anywhere with a reliable internet connection, but it is still possible to observe on-site at the telescope. Recently, a group of […]

The landing webpage for the refreshed CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive.

December 6, 2024

The CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive (CRAIA) contains over 20,000 digital assets including images, documents, audio and film ranging in date from the early 1940’s to the present day, preserving […]

December 5, 2024

A refreshed ATNF website was launched yesterday! The new site provides not just a new look and feel, but improved structure, updated content and much better accessibility. And it re-establishes […]

The relative deviation of the matter power spectrum at a fixed scale (k = 0.05 h/Mpc) as the Planck mass rescaling CM and braiding CB parameters are allowed to vary.

December 4, 2024

Bryan Scott (CIERA, Northwestern University) Abstract: Line Intensity Mapping (LIM) is a technique for quickly performing surveys of large volumes at many frequencies but at low spatial resolution. These large survey […]

An example of a Polar Ring Galaxy

December 3, 2024

Kristine Spekkens (Queen’s University in Canada) Abstract: The atomic gas (HI) content of nearby galaxies provides important insight into how they form and evolve within the standard cosmology. In this talk, […]

December 2, 2024

Kemp et al. describe a trial the use of commercial high performance computing (HPC) for a large scale processing task in astronomy — processing data from the GASKAP-HI pilot surveys. […]

November 29, 2024

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a low-mass irregular galaxy, interacting with the Milky Way (MW) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The figure above, from a recent paper by […]

November 28, 2024

“Cosmic noon” refers to the epoch in the history of the Universe when star formation and black hole growth peaked. It occurred roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the […]

November 27, 2024

John Bunton (CSIRO) Abstract: ASKAP currently has a survey speed that is similar to MeerKAT. In the SKA era, it will become uncompetitive. Currently, research on a better-performing PAF is […]

November 26, 2024

Neutral atomic hydrogen (HI), the most abundant gas in the interstellar medium (ISM), plays a crucial role in the evolution and dynamics of the ISM in galaxies. It provides the […]

November 25, 2024

One of the antenna dishes at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) is hosting a family of Nankeen Kestrels, with two young juveniles. The Nankeen Kestrel is a slender […]


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.