First ASKAP images from Setonix – by Wasim Raja and Pascal Elahi
August 15, 2022
The enormous data rates from new-generation radio telescopes such as ASKAP (Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder) need highly capable software running on supercomputers. In a major milestone on the path […]
20th Anniversary of first ATCA North-Spur Fringes
August 12, 2022
When it was first constructed in the late 1980s, the Australia Telescope Compact Array had a 3-km East-West rail track for five antennas to be moved along ( and a […]
Busan welcomes the IAU
August 11, 2022
The International Astronomical Union General Assembly is currently underway in Busan, South Korea. Gwangan Bridge, or Diamond Bridge, a 7km long suspension bridge that was opened in 2003, is one […]
ATNF Colloquium – Timing and Searching for Binary Pulsar Systems with the MeerKAT telescope
August 10, 2022
Vivek Venkatraman Krishnan (MPIfR) Abstract: Pulsars in relativistic binary (RelBin) systems are remarkable laboratories in space for understanding gravity and binary evolution. Timing pulsars in such binaries has long long […]
The IAU General Assembly
August 9, 2022
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) holds a General Assembly, usually every three years, however COVID resulted in the 2021 IAU GA being postponed to this year. The meeting is currently […]
The IAU General Assembly
August 8, 2022
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) holds a General Assembly, usually every three years, however COVID resulted in the 2021 IAU GA being postponed to this year. The meeting is currently […]
Where is Marsfield?
August 5, 2022
CSIRO Space and Astronomy’s Sydney offices are in the not-so-widely-known suburb of Marsfield, which prompts many visitors to ask “Where is Marsfield?” The image above gives a pictorial answer! The […]
ASKAP from an EWP
August 4, 2022
A previous ADAP has noted that the ASKAP antennas are taller than one might have imagined! Any work on the antenna drives, for example, must be undertaken from an Elevated […]
The Astronomy Capital of Australia
August 3, 2022
Coonabarabran, a town of 3500 people in the central west of NSW, claims to be the astronomy capital of Australia, and as it is the closest town to the Siding […]
David Malin Awards 2022
August 2, 2022
Winners of the NSW Central West Astronomical Society’s annual astrophotography competition . were announced during the CWAS AstroFest conference on Saturday, 23 July 2022. Amateur astronomers and photographers from around […]
David Malin Awards 2022
August 1, 2022
Winners of the NSW Central West Astronomical Society’s annual astrophotography competition . were announced during the CWAS AstroFest conference on Saturday, 23 July 2022. Amateur astronomers and photographers from around […]
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.