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April 30, 2019

The Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory is located on Wajarri Yamaji land about 700km north-east from Perth, in a legislated Radio Quiet Zone. Yesterday’s ADAP showed the introductory image to the new […]

April 29, 2019

The Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory is located on Wajarri Yamaji land about 700km north-east from Perth, in a legislated Radio Quiet Zone. It is now possible to take a virtual tour […]

April 26, 2019

The pulsar PSR J1926-0652 was recently discovered with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in China. Using sensitive single-pulse detections from FAST and long-term timing observations from the Parkes […]

April 24, 2019

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was established in 1926 and was the forerunner to CSIRO. It was not until 1949 that the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research […]

April 23, 2019

The CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array) is a transformational next step in ground-based TeV (10^12 electron-volt) gamma-ray astronomy. It will utilise the successful methods employed by H.E.S.S. and others in the […]

April 18, 2019

The Australian SKA Pathfinder Array (ASKAP) Early Science and Commissioning (ACES) team has started reviewing the data from the newly available “zoom” modes on ASKAP, which provide higher spectral resolution. […]

April 17, 2019

Mark Krumholz (ANU) Abstract: In this talk, I review attempts to build a self-consistent model for the dynamical state of the ISM in star-forming galactic discs. Ideally such a model […]

April 16, 2019

Urquhart et al. have used the Mopra 22m telescope to conduct a 3-mm molecular-line survey towards 570 high-mass star-forming clumps. The sample was selected from the 10,000 clumps identified by […]

April 15, 2019

by Naomi Mathers (ICCPM) Abstract: Modern programs and projects are increasingly complex. Even simple projects can experience periods of complexity, and failing to recognise and deal with complexity can be […]

April 12, 2019

There were too many registered participants for the SKA Science meeting to be held at the SKA Organisation headquarters at Jodrell Bank, but the Reception on the first day was […]

April 11, 2019

This image is the first direct image made of the surroundings of a supermassive black hole. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), an international array of eight radio telescopes in Europe, […]

April 10, 2019

by Esha Kundu (Curtin) Abstract: It is widely accepted that Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), the standard candles in cosmology, are the thermonuclear explosion of carbon/oxygen white dwarfs. Despite their […]


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.