Parkes Pulsar Data Published in CSIRO’s Data Access Portal for 2020APRS – by Lawrence Toomey
January 15, 2021
CSIRO’s Data Access Portal contains the most comprehensive archive of pulsar data globally, with over 1.7 Petabytes from the Parkes radio telescope available for download. The DAP is VO compatible […]
The Tidbinbilla 70m antenna
January 14, 2021
As mentioned in previous ADAPs , the 70m diameter DSS-43 antenna at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex currently undergoing a once-a-decade Depot-Level-Maintenance period. Testing and calibration measurements continue, with […]
CASS vacation student program
January 13, 2021
The annual CASS Vacation Student program is underway, with students hosted at Kensington (Perth), Marsfield (Sydney), Tidbinbilla (Canberra), and Dutton Park (Brisbane). A regular part of the program is the […]
CASS vacation student program
January 12, 2021
The annual CASS Vacation Student program is underway, with students hosted at Kensington (Perth), Marsfield (Sydney), Tidbinbilla (Canberra), and Dutton Park (Brisbane). A regular part of the program is the […]
Social distancing at Marsfield
January 11, 2021
COVID-19 restrictions include ongoing social distancing, and as the image above illustrates, even the kookaburras at the Marsfield site appear to have taken this on, with all four using different […]
Six or seven sisters?
January 8, 2021
In another recent article for The Conversation , Ray Norris considers the Pleiades star cluster, referred to in many cultures as the “seven sisters” despite the fact many people can […]
The Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory Radio Quiet Zone
January 7, 2021
In a recent article for The Conversation , Kate Chow describes the efforts made to keep the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory a Radio Quiet Zone. The telescopes on the MRO, the […]
ATCA sunset
January 6, 2021
Observing continued at the ATNF observatories over the Christmas/New Year period, with a few short interruptions as summer storms passed through. Ths image above shows the ATCA as the sun […]
The New Year Dawns
January 5, 2021
The sun has set on 2020, and risen on a brand new year! This image, of the 70m DSS-43 antenna at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, comes from the […]
Happy New Year!
January 4, 2021
With best wishes for 2021 to the readers and supporters of, and contributors to, the ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture!
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.