Proto-planets and PLATYPUS – by Norfolk et al.
July 14, 2021
Planets form from the material in molecular clouds left over from the formation of stars. Debris discs are the final stage of protoplanetary disc evolution. The majority of primordial gas […]
New issue of SKAO magazine, Contact
July 13, 2021
A new issue of the SKAO magazine has just been released, celebrating the start of construction activities for the SKA telescopes! In addition to a number of recent developments for […]
CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive (CASDA) grows past 1 Petabyte – by Minh Huynh
July 12, 2021
Recently the CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive (CASDA) passed the 1 petabyte (1 PB = one million gigabytes) mark. This means that CASDA now holds more than 1 PB of […]
NAIDOC week
July 9, 2021
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and […]
NAIDOC week
July 8, 2021
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and […]
ATNF Colloquium – The FAST Galactic Plane Pulsar Snapshot survey
July 7, 2021
JinLin Han (NAOC) Abstract: The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), that incorporates an L-band 19-beam receiver with a system temperature of about 20 K, is the most sensitive radio […]
ASKAP imaging of the LMC – by Pennock et al.
July 6, 2021
Pennock et al. have recently presented an analysis of a new ASKAP radio continuum image of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) at 888 MHz with a beam size of 13.9 […]
ASKAP imaging of the LMC – by Pennock et al.
July 5, 2021
The ATCA imaged the LMC in the 1990s by mosaicking 1344 different pointings of the array, in four different array configurations, taken over 1.5 years. The power of ASKAP as […]
Green Light for SKA Construction
July 2, 2021
The newly formed SKA Observatory (SKAO) Council last week approved the start of construction of the SKA telescopes in Australia and South Africa. The decision to approve construction follows the […]
Green Light for SKA Construction
July 1, 2021
The newly formed SKA Observatory (SKAO) Council last week approved the start of construction of the SKA telescopes in Australia and South Africa. The two telescopes, currently designated SKA-Low and […]
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.