How big is the Parkes dish?
October 15, 2018
When it was opened in 1961, the Parkes dish was described as being 210 feet in diameter. With the adoption of the metric system in Australia, the dish is now […]
ASKAP detection of FRBs – (by Shannon et al.)
October 12, 2018
It took the world’s telescopes 10 years to find the first 30 Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). Using ASKAP, a team of scientists have been able to find 20 in one […]
The LMC supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5 – (by Roper et al.)
October 11, 2018
Roper et al. have recently compared two Chandra X-ray images to measure the expansion of a supernova remnant (SNR) in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The images above show (at left) […]
ATNF Colloquium – The first Large Survey Project observations with MeerKAT
October 10, 2018
by Ian Heywood (University of Oxford) Abstract: In April 2018 the South African MeerKAT array took its first full 64-dish observations for two of its upcoming Large Survey Projects, namely […]
ATCA imaging of the SN1987A remnant – (by Cendes et al.)
October 9, 2018
Cendes et al. report on updated radio imaging observations of the radio remnant of Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A) at 9 GHz, taken with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), covering […]
Sunlit Parkes, from the CSIRO image library
October 8, 2018
Scienceimage is an image library, presented by CSIRO, specialising in science and nature images. The image above of the Parkes 64m telescope , taken with a wide angle lens, is […]
ICRAR/CASS Radio School 2018 – by George Heald
October 5, 2018
The ATNF Radio Astronomy School has a long tradition of educating young radio astronomers about single-dish and interferometric techniques, and has been a powerful resource in fostering a strong Australian […]
Mopra observations of a mid-infrared bubble (by Kohno et al.)
October 4, 2018
Kohno et al. have performed a multi-wavelength study of the mid-infrared bubble GAL 334.53+00.83 to investigate the origin of isolated high-mass star and the star-formation process around the bubble formed […]
A search for pulses from the remnant of SN1987A (by Zhang et al.)
October 3, 2018
Zhang et al. have used the Parkes radio-telescope to observe the remnant of supernova SN 1987A (SNR 1987A), located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), to search for periodic and/or […]
Alan Shepard’s visit to Honeysuckle Creek
October 2, 2018
Last month marks the 50th anniversary of NASA astronaut Alan Shepard’s visit to the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station. Honeysuckle Creek, south of Canberra, was part of the Manned Space Flight […]
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.