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February 29, 2016

by Simon Johnston (CASS) CASS Management went to the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) at Tidbinbilla last Monday. While there, they took the opportunity to check out the latest […]

February 26, 2016

CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) welcomes back Dr Jimi Green who joins the Operations Group as Senior System Scientist for Parkes. Jimi will be based in Marsfield, but a […]

February 25, 2016

For the first time a team of scientists has tracked down the location of a fast radio burst (FRB) , confirming that these short but spectacular flashes of radio waves […]

February 24, 2016

by Charlotte Sobey (CASS/UCurtin) Abstract: The focus of this talk is using next-generation low-frequency radio telescopes (e.g. LOFAR: The Low Frequency Array) to observe pulsars, which provide powerful probes of […]

February 23, 2016

The solar power station for CSIRO’s Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope has been powering ahead at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Western Australia throughout January. Energy Made Clean (EMC) and […]

February 22, 2016

Photo by Rodney D. Davies (Jodrell Bank) This picture taken by Rod in 1953 is the 32 dish solar grating interferometer which was used by Christiansen to compute, for the […]

February 19, 2016

The WALLABY team during a break at the Early Science workshop, where ASKAP field selection for the first upcoming science observations was a top priority. Our focus is on nearby […]

February 18, 2016

by Juan Madrid (CASS) The Hubble Space Telescope was used to hunt for novae in the central part of the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy – top image. Hubble took images […]

February 17, 2016

by Khaled Said (UCT) Galaxies are distributed in a cosmic web consisting of high-density clusters and galaxy groups, which are embedded in walls, and filaments surrounding large low-density regions, the […]

February 16, 2016

by Lister Staveley-Smith (UWA/ICRAR) The Wallaby kinematics working group met at the University of Cape Town on 4 Feb after the 2016 PHISCC meeting at SAAO. The purpose of the […]

February 15, 2016

Following a successful source-finding busy week at UWA/ICRAR last week, it’s time for the WALLABY Early Science workshop this week. Our goal is to select suitable southern fields, each about […]

February 12, 2016

For the first time in history, astronomers have detected the presence of elusive gravitational waves – ripples in space time that provide direct evidence of violent cosmic events taking place […]


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.