A search for optical counterparts to ASKAP Fast Radio Bursts – by Lachlan Marnoch
June 12, 2020
The origin of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) remains a mystery in part due to the difficulty in localising FRBs to their host galaxies. Accurate localisations provided by ASKAP are starting […]
The host galaxies of ASKAP FRBs – by Shivani Bhandari
June 11, 2020
ASKAP is playing a pivotal role in FRB localisations, enabling the identification of their host galaxies. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) has been used to image the host galaxies of […]
Localising Fast Radio Bursts with ASKAP – by Shivani Bhandari
June 10, 2020
When Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) arrived at the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope, they were identified in less than half a second. The last 3 seconds of data […]
Parkes in the Image Archive
June 9, 2020
This image of the Parkes telescope is one of many in the CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive . The Archive holds a collection of over 15,000 images that relate to […]
SKA Shared Sky Exhibition
June 5, 2020
Shared Sky brings together Aboriginal Australian and South African artists in a collaborative exhibition. The exhibition embodies the spirit of the international science and engineering collaboration that is the SKA […]
Spectropolarimetric radio properties of the magnetar Swift J1818.0−1607 – by Lower et al.
June 4, 2020
Swift J1818.0−1607 is only the fifth magnetar found to exhibit pulsed radio emission. Lower et al. used the Ultra-Wideband Low receiver system of the Parkes radio telescope to observe the […]
SKA calendar for June
June 3, 2020
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) calendar for 2020 celebrates the SKA family of pathfinder telescopes. June focuses on VERA (the VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry), an array for four 20m […]
Finding Residual Baryons with Fast Radio Bursts – by Macquart et al.
June 2, 2020
Macquart et al. last week solved the case of the missing baryons (or oridinary matter), based on observations of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) detected with ASKAP. The ASKAP Commensal Real-time […]
Finding Residual Baryons with Fast Radio Bursts – by Macquart et al.
June 1, 2020
It is thought the Universe is made up of ~68% dark energy, ~27% dark matter, ~5% normal matter. While dark energy and dark matter are mysteries, normal “baryonic” matter is […]
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.