March 29, 2019
From a distance, the Parkes telescope may appear to have an inner solid surface, but as this unusual view of the telescope shows, the perforated aluminium panels do allow a […]
March 28, 2019
The pulsar PSR J1825−0935 has a pulse profile with a main pulse and a fainter inter-pulse, and is known to switch between radio-quiet and radio-bright modes. The quiet mode has […]
March 27, 2019
by Andrew Cameron (CASS) Abstract: Pulsars, rapidly-rotating and highly-magnetised neutron stars, can be utilised as tools in the study of many aspects of fundamental physical, most notably in the application […]
March 26, 2019
Perth’s annual Astrofest , organised by ICRAR, is a free event featuring an astrophotography exhibition, inflatable planetariums, science shows, public talks and a host of telescopes pointed to the sky […]
March 25, 2019
Perth’s annual Astrofest , organised by ICRAR, is a free event featuring an astrophotography exhibition, inflatable planetariums, science shows, public talks and a host of telescopes pointed to the sky […]
March 22, 2019
The Australian Space Agency revealed its logo late last year. At first glance, the logo appears as a satellite view of Australia, with the dots representing the light created from […]
March 21, 2019
Schnitzeler et al. have recently presented S-PASS/ATCA, the first wide-band radio polarimetry survey of compact sources in the Southern sky. Targets were selected from the Parkes S-PASS survey and followed […]
March 20, 2019
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 9 mission, which spent 10 days in low Earth orbit testing the Command and Service Module and the Lunar Module. In […]
March 19, 2019
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 9 mission. Just 12 weeks afetr the successful Apollo 8 mission to orbit the moon and return to Earth, Apollo 9, […]
March 18, 2019
by Suzy Dodd (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Abstract: The Voyager 1 & 2 missions launched in 1977 have opened up a new understanding of the planets in our Solar System. […]
March 15, 2019
The Australian Ambassador to Rome, Dr Greg French, was Australia’s signatory to the international treaty (the SKA Observatory Convention) which formally commits member countries to work together to provide the […]
March 14, 2019
Ministers, Ambassadors and other high-level representatives from over 15 countries gathered in Rome this week for the signing of the treaty which establishes the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), 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.