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December 24, 2019

Dreaming of a white Christmas? Instead of fields of snow, how about fields of cotton. 100% of Australian cotton grown is from CSIRO varieties… so that cotton t-shirt you get […]

December 23, 2019

The globular cluster Omega Centauri is the most massive and luminous cluster in the Galaxy. The Fermi gamma-ray source FL8Y J1326.7-4729 is coincident with the core of the cluster, leading […]

December 20, 2019

The ASKAP Phased Array Feed (PAF) is a 188-port chequerboard receive-only array. The signal processing chain comprises an analog front-end and digital back-end. The analog part of the system primarily […]

December 19, 2019

Colleagues from the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) recently visited the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory to exchange experiences and share challenges & successes in operating SKA pathfinder facilities. SARAO operates […]

December 18, 2019

Our congratulations to Karlie Noon who became the first Indigenous student to obtain a Masters of Astronomy and Astrophysics Advanced from the Australian National University. Karlie reflected that being vulnerable […]

December 17, 2019

The SKA community converged on Shanghai last month for the annual SKA Meeting. The focus of the meeting was on the immediate and long-term future of the SKA telescopes, from […]

December 16, 2019

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has been celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, with a series of events to increase awareness of a century of astronomical discoveries as well as […]

December 13, 2019

Under the Stars: Astrophysics for Bedtime transports curious kids and inquisitive adults on a journey through the night sky. Starting with the Earth, and asking why the sky is blue, […]

December 12, 2019

Leonid Gurvits recently commenced a six-month visit to CASS under the CSIRO Distinguished Visitor program. Leonid completed MSc degrees at the Moscow State University, Dept of Astronomy, and Moscow Aviation […]

December 11, 2019

Richard de Grijs (Macquarie University) Abstract: Accurate and precise astronomical distance determinations are crucial for derivations of, among others, the masses and luminosities of a large variety of distant objects. […]

December 10, 2019

This year I was selected to participate in Fresh Science – a national competition helping early-career researchers find, and then share, their stories of discovery. This included a two-day media […]

December 9, 2019

November marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 12 mission. On the return journey to the Earth, the Apollo 12 astronauts witnessed an eclipse of the Sun by the Earth. […]


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.