Energy use in astronomy
September 14, 2020
The current issue of Nature Astronomy considers the impact of astronomy on climate change. In the lead paper, Stevens et al. conclude the average Australian astronomer generates at least 40% […]
Energy use at the MRO
September 11, 2020
In operating the Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO has several initiatives in place to reduce energy usage and carbon emissions. These include the use of a hybrid solar-diesel power station […]
Moonlight and Earthlight – by Emil Lenc
September 10, 2020
Just like our car radio, we can tune our radio telescopes to observe at specific frequencies – it is the equivalent of seeing different colours with an optical telescope. Observing […]
ATCA construction
September 8, 2020
Another image from the CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive , again from the late 1980s, this time during the construction of the Australia Telescope Compact Array.
Mopra construction
September 7, 2020
An image from the CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive from the late 1980s during the construction of the 22m Mopra radio telescope.
HI intensity mapping with a PAF on Parkes – by Li et al.
September 4, 2020
The 21cm neutral hydrogen (HI) spectral line can be detected from galaxies in the nearby universe, but is too faint to detect from individual galaxies at even moderate redshifts. However, […]
HI intensity mapping with a PAF on Parkes – by Li et al.
September 3, 2020
The 21cm neutral hydrogen (HI) spectral line can be detected from galaxies in the nearby universe, but is too faint to detect from individual galaxies at even moderate redshifts. However, […]
New Pawsey ingest nodes for ASKAP
September 2, 2020
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre has awarded a $1 million procurement to HPE for new ingest nodes to support researchers using CSIRO’s Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope. The ASKAP […]
SKA calendar for September
September 1, 2020
The SKA calendar for 2020 celebrates the SKA family of pathfinder telescopes. September focuses on MeerKAT, which was inaugurated in July 2018. Operated by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, […]
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.