SKA telescope directors announced
May 13, 2021
The SKA Observatory (SKAO) has announced the appointment of its telescope directors in Australia and South Africa . Dr Sarah Pearce, currently Acting Chief Scientist of Australia’s national science agency […]
ATNF Colloquium – Toward the first sample of radio powerful AGN in the EoR
May 12, 2021
Guillaume Drouart (ICRAR/Curtin) Abstract: With the very recent discovery of radio luminous AGN at z>6, a new window of opportunity is finally opening in the study of the galaxy evolution […]
Cavities in proto-planetary disks – by Norfolk et al.
May 11, 2021
Protoplanetary discs around young stars are the birth places of planets. Of particular interest are the so-called transition discs, which exhibit inner cavities in their dust distribution. One possible explanation […]
CSIRO website refresh
May 10, 2021
The main CSIRO webpage has recently been refreshed, and is worth a visit as the homepage currently features movie footage of ATNF telescopes as one of its banner images. A […]
A newly discovered supernova remnant – by Becker et al.
May 7, 2021
Supernova remnants (SNRs) are observable for about 100,000 years before they fade into the Galactic interstellar medium. With a Galactic supernova rate of approximately two per century, we can expect […]
The Location of the Young Pulsar PSR J0837-2454 – by Pol et al.
May 6, 2021
The pulsar PSR J0837–2454 was discovered with the Parkes telescope as part of the High Time Resolution Universe (HTRU) intermediate- latitude survey. The pulsar has a 629ms period and a […]
ATNF Colloquium – Title: Phase Stabilization for Space Science Applications: from radio telescopes to laser communications
May 5, 2021
David Gozzard (ICRAR/UWA) Abstract: The distribution of high-precision time and frequency signals from atomic clocks is indispensable for many fields of fundamental and applied science. Timescale comparison between atomic clocks […]
Discovery of another Odd Radio Circle (ORC) with ASKAP – by B. Koribalski
May 4, 2021
Koribalski et al. (2021) present the discovery of ORC J0102-2450 with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) at 944 MHz. The observed radio ring, which is not detected at […]
The cryoPAF team
May 3, 2021
The CryoPAF (cryogenically cooled Phased Array Feed) took one step closer to installation on Parkes with assembly of the cryostat and a cooldown at Marsfield in April. It took many […]
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.
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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.