World Elephant Day
August 13, 2020
The 12th of August is recognised as World Elephant Day . An elephant has previously featured in an ADAP , in a conference photo for a meeting in Thailand, but […]
ASKAP and Zodiacal Light
August 12, 2020
An image of ASKAP, taken several years ago (before all antennas were being used). The Southern Cross and Pointers are visible at the left hand side of the image. The […]
National Heritage listing for Parkes
August 11, 2020
The Minister for the Environment, Sussan Ley, announced yesterday that the Parkes telescope has been added to the National Heritage List in recognition of its contribution to Australian astronomy and […]
SKA calendar for August
August 10, 2020
The SKA calendar for 2020 celebrates the SKA family of pathfinder telescopes. August focuses on e-MERLIN, the enhanced Multi Element Remotely Linked Interferometer Network. e-MERLIN consists of an array of […]
David Malin Awards
August 7, 2020
The NSW Central West Astronomical Society held its annual astrophotography competition last month. Amateur astro-photographers from around Australia submitted entries for consideration in the prestigious David Malin Awards. The winner […]
David Malin Awards
August 6, 2020
The NSW Central West Astronomical Society held its annual astrophotography competition last month. Amateur astro-photographers from around Australia submitted entries for consideration in the prestigious David Malin Awards. The winner […]
A foggy morning at Narrabri
August 5, 2020
A spectacular sunrise on a foggy morning at the Australia Telescope Compact Array. (Image credit: Tim Wilson)
A foggy morning at Narrabri
August 4, 2020
Recent ADAPs showed a foggy start to the day at the MRO, and today illustrates similar conditions at the Paul Wild Observatory at Narrabri. In the foreground is an antenna […]
Comet Neowise at Parkes
August 3, 2020
Comet 2020 F3 (NEOWISE) is a long period comet discovered in March by astronomers using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescope. The designation C/2020 F3 indicates a non-periodic […]
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.