ATNF Science Retreat
July 22, 2022
This week the ATNF Science group held a three-day retreat to review what it is we do, and how we might do it better, with a view to the ATNF […]
Virtual Solar System
July 21, 2022
Using the dome of the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) at Siding Spring as the sun, there exists a virtual solar system containing the planets, scaled to size, and spaced at appropriate […]
ATCA seeing monitor
July 20, 2022
To work optimally, interferometers like the Australia telescope Compact Array need to combine the signals from all antennas in phase. The dominant source of phase errors in interferometric radio observations […]
ATCA monitoring
July 19, 2022
Today’s ADAP shows some of the environmental monitoring equipment at the Australia Telescope Compact Array. On top of the Control Building is an anemometer to measure wind speed and direction […]
ATCA sunset silhouette
July 18, 2022
Friday’s ADAP showed the ATCA at sunrise, and today’s captures it just after the sun had set!
ATCA sunrise
July 15, 2022
The ATCA is currently in the H214 array configuration, a “hybrid” configuration with two antennas on the north-south spur and three others close by along the east-west track. Antenna CA06 […]
ATCA stairs
July 14, 2022
A recent ADAP showed the stairs from the surface of the Parkes 64m telescope, Murriyang, up to the focus cabin. Today’s ADAP shows the equivalent at the Australia Telescope Compact […]
ATCA reflection
July 13, 2022
When the Australia Telescope Compact Array is is one of its more compact array configurations, it is possible to capture the reflection of antennas in one of the windows of […]
ATCA joey
July 12, 2022
A baby wallaby or kangaroo is called a joey. Newborn joeys are highly underdeveloped — hairless and blind. They are able to make their way from the birth canal to […]
ATCA antennas framed
July 11, 2022
A previous ADAP has described the the data transmission system of the old Culgoora Radioheliograph, which consisted of 96 13-m diameter dishes spaced around a circle of 3km diameter. A […]
NAIDOC week
July 7, 2022
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and […]
ATNF Colloquium – USQ’s Mount Kent Observatory:Australia’s Newest Exoplanet Machine
July 6, 2022
Rob Wittenmyer (USQ) Abstract: In the past five years, the University of Southern Queensland’s Mount Kent Observatory has undergone a dramatic expansion to become Australia’s leading exoplanet observatory. The MINERVA-Australia […]
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.