December 24, 2020
The image on the card above is called “Sharing the knowledge for caring for our Land”. The Our Knowledge Our Way Guidelines showcase innovative ways in which Indigenous people are […]
December 23, 2020
The United Kingdom has ratified the Convention to establish the SKA Observatory (SKAO). The Convention stipulates that at least five nations, including the three host countries – Australia, South Africa […]
December 22, 2020
The Annual CSIRO Awards were held earlier this month, and CASS Deputy Director Sarah Pearce was awarded the Chief Executive Team CSIRO Award. The image above shows Sarah receiving the […]
December 21, 2020
Zic et al. report observations of a powerful flare and associated radio bursts from Proxima Centauri, the nearest star and exoplanet host to the Sun. The radio bursts, detected by […]
December 18, 2020
Researchers from Western Sydney University, Macquarie University, and CSIRO, have contributed to the first observation of a gas filament with a length of 50 million light years – confirming current […]
December 17, 2020
The Parkes telescope has been monitoring 286 radio pulsars approximately monthly since 2007. The wide Dispersion Measure range of the pulsar sample and the uniformity of the observing procedure make […]
December 16, 2020
The Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS), has been featured in recent ADAPs. Today’s image shows a painting celebrating RACS by Wajarri artist Margaret Whitehurst, who describes her work: “My painting […]
December 15, 2020
The image above shows the full moon at the end of last month, seen through clouds at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex.
December 14, 2020
The SKA calendar for 2020 celebrates the SKA family of pathfinder telescopes. December focuses on the Effelsberg 100m radio-telescope — one of the largest fully steerable dishes on Earth. The […]
December 11, 2020
Last month, an ADAP described what may have been the earliest radio astronomy observation in WA , identifying some VLBI observations in November 1988. There is nothing like making a […]
December 10, 2020
On 2020 October 10, the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on board the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory triggered on a short, hard X-ray burst. Prompt observations with the Swift X-ray Telescope […]
December 9, 2020
Israel et al. report on simultaneous radio and X-ray observations of the radio-emitting magnetar 1E 1547.0– 5408 made with the 64-m Parkes radio telescope and the Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray […]
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.