Communicating Astronomy with the Public
September 13, 2022
The world’s largest conference on astronomy communication: Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP 2022) is taking place this week in Sydney. Professionals from science communication, informal education, planetariums and science […]
Welcome Mark Cheung
September 12, 2022
Mark Cheung recently joined CSIRO Space and Astronomy as the Science and Deputy Director and will help the Business Unit grow its portfolio of activities in the space domain by […]
Assembly of the Parkes cryoPAF
September 9, 2022
Assembly of a cryogenically-cooled Phased Array Feed, or cryoPAF — a next generation version of the receivers deployed on the ASKAP telescope — is nearing completion. A $1.15M LIEF grant […]
An all-sky survey of circular polarisation at 200 MHz – by Lenc et al.
September 8, 2022
The first all-sky survey in circular polarisation was conducted by Lenc et al. The survey utilised the unique wide-field capabilities of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) together with newly developed […]
ATNF Colloquium – Hydroxyl as a probe of the interstellar medium
September 7, 2022
Anita Petzler (CSIRO) Abstract: The molecular gas of the interstellar medium provides the raw material for star formation, yet its principle component – molecular hydrogen – is essentially invisible at […]
First measurement of interplanetary scintillation with ASKAP – by Chhetri et al.
September 6, 2022
Chhetri et al. report on a measurement of interplanetary scintillation (IPS) using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope. Although this proof-of-concept observation utilised just 3 seconds of […]
A measurement of Hubble’s Constant using Fast Radio Bursts – by James et al.
September 5, 2022
The expansion of the Universe can be expressed in terms of the Hubble constant, H 0 . There has been remarkable progress in recent decades in improving the accuracy of […]
ASKAP FLASH detections of neutral hydrogen absorption in GAMA galaxies – by Su et al.
September 2, 2022
Hydrogen is the most common element in the Universe and neutral hydrogen provides the main fuel for star formation in galaxies, which is known to evolve across cosmic time. Observations […]
Stellar flares from low mass stars using ASKAP and TESS – by Rigney et al.
September 1, 2022
M dwarfs are core hydrogen-burning stars with masses between 0.07 and 0.6 solar masses. They are the most common type of star in the Milky Way, making up an estimated […]
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.