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October 31, 2022

The Parkes 64m radio-telescope, Murriyang, was opened on this day in 1961, and so celebrates its 61st birthday today. Media coverage of the event has focussed on the story of […]

October 28, 2022

The new cryoPAF (cryogenically cooled Phased Array Feed) receiver is currently at the Parkes Observatory for testing and a trial fit-out in the focus cabin. The first tests were conducted […]

October 27, 2022

After a couple of weeks of wet and occasionally wild weather, there were many sighs of relief when Wednesday dawned sunny and calm, as the cryoPAF (cryogenically cooled Phased Array […]

October 26, 2022

Yi Ki Ma (ANU) Abstract: High spatial resolution observations of the diffuse atomic (HI) gas have led to the realisation that the HI filamentary structures in the solar neighbourhood are […]

October 25, 2022

The image above shows the cryoPAF (cryogenically cooled Phased Array Feed) viewed from above. ( A previous ADAP showed the view from the underside.) Whereas the ASKAP Phased Array Feed […]

October 24, 2022

For over two decades, the flagship receiver on the Parkes 64m radiotelescope, Murriyang, was the 13-beam multi-beam receiver which enabled observations in the 20-cm wavelength band. Over its lifetime it […]

October 21, 2022

An exceptionally bright Gamma-ray Burst ( GRB 221009A ) was caught by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (left image in animation). While Fermi can see a particularly large field of […]

October 20, 2022

This month’s ASKAP update discusses planning and development for the full survey trial in November, and progress on Pilot Surveys Phase II. Preparation for the full survey trial includes workflow […]

October 19, 2022

Bi-Qing For (UWA) Abstract: Low-mass, or dwarf, galaxies are the primary source of ionising photons during the epoch of reionisation and they are the building blocks of galaxies in the […]

October 18, 2022

CSIRO’s Data Access Portal contains the most comprehensive archive of pulsar data globally, with over 3 Petabytes from the Parkes radio telescope available for download. The DAP is VO compatible […]

October 17, 2022

In October 2018, a small star was ripped to shreds when it wandered too close to a black hole in a galaxy located 665 million light years away from Earth. […]

October 14, 2022

Work on the Aperture Array Verification System (AAVS) in Australia and Italy has focussed on the deployment, simulation, measurement, calibration and commissioning of prototype low-frequency stations. AAVS0.5, deployed circa 2014, […]


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.