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October 31, 2019

The Australia Telescope User Committee convenese twice a year to year reports about all ATNF activities, and to make recommendations to the ATNF Director based on the questions posed to […]

October 30, 2019

One of the questions asked by several of the tour groups during the Parkes Open Day was “What are those things at the top edge of the Dish?” As can […]

October 29, 2019

On 2 September 2017, an uncatalogued X-ray binary system was discovered by both the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) and the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, and designated MAXI J1535–571. […]

October 28, 2019

On 2 September 2017, an uncatalogued X-ray binary system was discovered by both the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) and the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, and designated MAXI J1535–571. […]

October 25, 2019

Kleiner et al. present the results of ASKAP observations of the nearby blue, barred spiral galaxy IC 5201. A four-beam mosaicked HI image cube was created from 175 hours of […]

October 24, 2019

Kleiner et al. present the results of ASKAP observations of the nearby blue, barred spiral galaxy IC 5201. The observations were made as part of the a Wide-field ASKAP L-Band […]

October 23, 2019

Abraham Bernstein (University of Zurich) Abstract: Digitalization has changed the way in which we live, engage in trade, and do science. Estimates suggest that humanity creates 2.5 exabytes per day. […]

October 22, 2019

Joe McMullin (SKA Organisation) Abstract: Joe McMullin is the Deputy Director General and Programme Director for the SKA Organisation. In this role he is responsible for the design and construction […]

October 21, 2019

Kleiner et al. present the results of ASKAP observations of the nearby blue, barred spiral galaxy IC 5201. A four-beam mosaicked HI image cube was created from 175 hours of […]

October 18, 2019

An image of the Parkes radiotelescope with the foreground bluegum leaves appearing to cast their shadow on the Dish. (Image credit: Jane Kaczmarek — who bears no responsibility for the […]

October 17, 2019

Klaus Dolag Abstract: I will give an overview of cosmological simulations of galaxies and galaxy clusters including magnetic fields, focusing especially on galaxy scale simulations to highlight our current understanding […]

October 16, 2019

Joe Pawsey was not only a pioneer of radio-astronomy in the 1940s, he is also credited with having named this new field of research “radio-astronomy”. In October 1945, Pawsey conducted […]


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.