March 31, 2021
The March 2021 issue of the SKA magazine Contact is now available. This issue includes articles on SETI (the Search of ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence), the Spanish SKA Regional Centre, and SKA […]
March 30, 2021
This wide angle panorama of the ASKAP array was taken earlier this month while all 36 antennas were being used in an observation. As the largest distance between antennas is […]
March 29, 2021
The world’s friendliest animal will lend its name to Australia’s fastest new research supercomputer, with the Pawsey Centre confirming its new system will be named Setonix – the scientific name […]
March 26, 2021
Light… we all use it but have you ever thought of who created a way to project it at great distances? Myra Juliet Farrell was an Australian inventor and artist […]
March 25, 2021
Our Universe contains only a small fraction of known matter. The rest is made up of something we call “dark matter”. Vera Rubin was one of the first pioneers in […]
March 24, 2021
Maria Mitchell was the first internationally known women to work as both a professional astronomer and Professor of Astronomy. She was the first women elected as a Fellow of the […]
March 23, 2021
In computer programming we use compilers to transpose computer code from one computer language to another. Often this is used to translate a human-readable code to a computer-readable language. Grace […]
March 22, 2021
Way before we had electronic computers that we can carry in our pockets we had human computers that performed mathematical operations, often for scientific or engineering purposes. Helen Ling lead […]
March 19, 2021
As someone wryly observed last year, “I was hoping the future of meetings would be no meetings at all”. Though this might sound cynical, it is an insightful observation on […]
March 18, 2021
Pritchard et al. present results from a circular polarisation survey for radio stars in the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) . Circular polarisation surveys are a promising method for widefield […]
March 17, 2021
Pritchard et al. present results from a circular polarisation survey for radio stars in the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) . Circular polarisation surveys are a promising method for widefield […]
March 16, 2021
The SKA Science conference 2021 , “A precursor’s view of the SKA sky”, is being held this week as a fully virtual event. The meeting includes plenary talks as well […]
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.