ASKAP Emu
June 22, 2021
When used in the same conversation as ASKAP, Emu most often refers to the Evolution Map of the Universe (EMU) Survey Science Program. A previous ADAP showed emus on the […]
NSW iAwards for Quasar spin-off
June 21, 2021
Quasar Satellite Technologies is a space startup company aiming to revolutionise space communication by allowing ground stations to talk to hundreds of satellites at once using CSIRO’s Phased Array Feed […]
ASKAP Update for June – by Aidan Hotan
June 18, 2021
The ASKAP Update for June reports on work to improve ASKAP’s digital firmware, Pilot Survey Phase II quality gate processing, CASDA updates due this month, and finally highlights the latest […]
Evolution of the outburst of the black hole transient MAXI J1348–630 – by Carotenuto et al.
June 17, 2021
Carotenuto et al. have presented radio and X-ray monitoring campaign of an outburst of MAXI J1348–630, a new black hole X-ray binary (XRB) discovered in 2019 January. They observed MAXI […]
ATNF Colloquium – Inefficient stellar winds from a massive black hole progenitor in the X-ray binary system Cygnus X-1
June 16, 2021
James Miller-Jones (ICRAR/Curtin) Abstract: The high-mass X-ray binary system Cygnus X-1 contains one of the first known and best-studied black holes. We recently refined the distance to the source using […]
A glitch in the pulsar PSR J1452-6036 – by Jankowski et al.
June 15, 2021
Pulsar glitches are sudden spin-up events that occur in radio pulsars. Over 550 glitches have been catalogued, in 190 individual pulsars, with roughly 7% of known pulsars having displayed a […]
The afterglow of a TeV-bright Gamma-Ray Burst – by Misra et al.
June 11, 2021
Misra et al. present radio and optical afterglow observations of the TeV-bright long Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) 190114C at a redshift of 𝑧 = 0.425, which was detected by the […]
A new antenna for New Norcia
June 10, 2021
The European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with the Australian Space Agency, will construct a new 35-metre, deep space dish antenna at its existing ground station in New Norcia, 140km […]
One of our antennas is missing…
June 9, 2021
On a foggy morning a couple of weeks ago, the CanberraDSN twitter account posted images of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex without a single antenna visible, and a plea […]
First ASKAP observations of the Galactic Plane – by Umana et al.
June 8, 2021
Umana et al. have reported the first radio observations toward the Galactic Plane using ASKAP. The region mapped includes the entire area of the Stellar Continuum Originating from Radio Physics […]
First ASKAP observations of the Galactic Plane – by Umana et al.
June 7, 2021
Umana et al. have reported the first radio observations toward the Galactic Plane using ASKAP. The region mapped includes the entire area of the Stellar Continuum Originating from Radio Physics […]
What are the origin(s) of fast radio bursts? – by Mannings et al.
June 4, 2021
The origin(s) of fast radio bursts remains a mystery. Two classes of FRBs are known — sources which repeat, and sources which appear to be a one-off event. ASKAP has […]
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.