LVHIS images of M 83
August 9, 2018
The Local Volume HI Survey (LVHIS) was conducted with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) in the 21cm band. The “Local Volume” of the Universe contains about 1000 galaxies within […]
ATNF Colloquium – Breaking the Ambiguity -The Taylor RM Catalogue and the Magnetic Universe
August 8, 2018
by Jackie Ma (MPIfR) Abstract: The magnetic universe can be unveiled by measurements of Rotation Measure (RM) of polarised extragalactic sources in radio wavelengths. Such RM-grid experiments have allowed studies […]
LVHIS images of UGCA 365
August 7, 2018
The Local Volume HI Survey (LVHIS) was conducted with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) in the 21cm band. The “Local Volume” of the Universe contains about 1000 galaxies within […]
LVHIS images of ESO 270-G017
August 6, 2018
The Local Volume HI Survey (LVHIS) was conducted with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) in the 21cm band. The “Local Volume” of the Universe contains about 1000 galaxies within […]
The Parkes Testbed Facility
August 3, 2018
It was ten years ago this week that the Parkes Testbed Facility saw “first light” with a prototype Phased Array Feed (PAF). The 12m diameter Testbed Facility antennas was built […]
PSR J1119−6127 after its X-ray bursts – by Shi Dai
August 2, 2018
PSR J1119−6127 is a high magnetic field (high-B), rotation-powered radio pulsar discovered in the Parkes multibeam pulsar survey. Magnetar-like X-ray bursts from PSR J1119−6127 were detected by the Fermi/Gamma-ray Burst […]
One thousand ADAPs!
August 1, 2018
This week sees the 1000th ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture (ADAP) published! (In fact, there have been a few more than 1000 published now, but taking into account some doubling up […]
When Galaxies Collide (by Lisa Harvey-Smith)
July 30, 2018
Today sees the launch of Lisa Harvey-Smith’s book, When Galaxies Collide (Melbourne University Publishing). Prof. Brian Cox described it as “A fascinating and inspiring tour of the galaxies, illuminated by […]
ASKAP at night video (by Alex Cherney)
July 27, 2018
The screen shot above is from a time-lapse video made by Alex Cherney of the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), with the Milky Way setting in the background. ASKAP […]
ATCA at night video (by Alex Cherney)
July 26, 2018
The screen shot above is from a time-lapse video made by Alex Cherney of the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The fuzzy blob in the sky just left of centre is […]
ATNF Colloquium – Gravitational Dynamics in PSR J1141-6545
July 25, 2018
by Vivek Venkatraman Krishnan (Swinburne University of Technology) Abstract: Pulsars in relativistic binary systems are natural laboratories to understand the gravitational dynamics near strongly gravitating bodies. PSR J1141-6545 is a […]
Reunion at COSPAR
July 24, 2018
In April 1991 a Space VLBI Work Week was held at Marsfield to discuss planning for the RadioAstron and VSOP missions, both of which were expected to launch within the […]
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.