Edward “Taffy” Bowen
January 14, 2019
Edward “Taffy” Bowen was born on this day, 14 January, in 1911 in the village of Cockett near Swansea, Wales. After playing a key role in the development of radar […]
50th Anniversary of Apollo 8
January 11, 2019
The Apollo 8 mission was launched on 21st December 1968, returning to Earth on 27th December, The crew of Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders orbited the Moon ten […]
50th Anniversary of Apollo 8
January 10, 2019
Last month marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission. Honeysuckle Creek’s 26m antenna was a key element of the tracking station network supporting the mission. A pictorial account […]
50th Anniversary of Apollo 8
January 9, 2019
December 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon. Honeysuckle Creek’s 26m antenna, together with a 26m antenna at Tidbinbilla […]
50th Anniversary of Apollo 8
January 8, 2019
December 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon. Honeysuckle Creek’s 26m antenna, together with a 26m antenna at Tidbinbilla, […]
50th Anniversary of Apollo 8
January 7, 2019
December 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit, orbit the Moon, and return. On the first crewed launch […]
Seeing in the New Year at the Parkes
January 4, 2019
The Parkes Observatory saw in the New Year with The Dish having a short rest from observing and in its stowed position, pointng to the zenith. The image above, taken […]
Seeing in the New Year at the ATCA
January 3, 2019
The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) saw in the New Year with clear skies, as evidenced by the sky camera image above (complete with timestamp at bottom left). The constellation […]
Happy New Year!
January 2, 2019
With best wishes for 2019 to everyone who views, supports, or contributes to the ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture!
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.