Breakthrough Listen detection of a Fast Radio Burst
March 13, 2018
The Breakthrough Listen team recently reported the discovery of a Fast Radio Burst (FRB) during a Parkes observing run. The burst was detected 2018 March 1 with the Parkes 21-cm […]
CSIRO Data Access Portal (DAP) passes 1 Petabyte milestone
March 12, 2018
by Sue Cook (CSIRO IM&T) Last week the CSIRO Data Access Portal (DAP) passed the 1 petabyte (PB) mark. This means that it now holds over 1 PB of CSIRO […]
International Women’s Day at Marsfield
March 9, 2018
Yesterday’s International Women’s Day was celebrated at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science’s Marsfield site with a presentation by Cathy Foley, Deputy and Science Director of CSIRO Manufacturing, followed by a […]
International Women’s Day
March 8, 2018
Today is International Women’s Day! March 8th was adopted for International Women’s Day by the United Nations in 1975, but was recognised in some countries long before then, including Russia, […]
The foundations of radio astronomy…
March 7, 2018
Following the book launch of the Four Pillars of Radio Astronomy last month, a tour was arranged to the Potts Hill reservoir site, which hosted a number of radio telescopes […]
Potts Hill tour
March 6, 2018
Following the book launch of Four Pillars of Radio Astronomy last month, a tour was arranged to the Potts Hill reservoir site, which hosted a number of radio telescopes between […]
Marsfield wildlife
March 5, 2018
Wildlife is not uncommon at the CASS observatory sites, as documented in previous previous ADAPs, including a bungarra at the MRO , kangaroos , more kangaroos , and a wild […]
First signs of the earliest stars
March 2, 2018
There has been quite a bit of media coverage about the reported detection of signals from the earliest stars in the Universe using the EDGES antenna at the Murchison Radio-astronomy […]
First signs of the earliest stars
March 1, 2018
Astronomers have detected signals from the earliest stars in the Universe using a small radio antenna, located at CSIRO’s Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia. The discovery, led by […]
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.