Weather extremes
March 3, 2022
Australia is a large continent, and so it is not surprising it can experience extremes in weather. Perth has just had its hottest summer on record, but in contrast the […]
In Search of the Cosmic Dawn – by Singh et al.
March 2, 2022
The “cosmic dawn” occurred when the first stars formed, roughly 100 million years after the Big Bang. Detecting radio waves from this period of the Universe’s history is extremely challenging, […]
Sweet memories of the 1960s!
March 1, 2022
To celebrate its centenary, Cadbury has released blocks of chocolate commemorating each decade of its 100 years. For the 1960s, they chose the Parkes telescope, Murriyang. The caption on the […]
ASKAP joins forces with Parkes to observe historic occultation event – by Emil Lenc and Vanessa Moss
February 28, 2022
During the recent repeat observation of the historic lunar occultation of the radio source 3C273 with the Parkes radio telescope, ASKAP also observed the “emersion” event. We couldn’t observe the […]
Golden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy
February 25, 2022
The book Golden Years of Radio Astronomy by Orchiston, Roberston, and Sullivan presents an overview of the remarkable evolution of Australian radio astronomy from 1945 to 1960. The book begins […]
The 2022 Vacation Student Program
February 24, 2022
The 2022 Vacation Student program has come to an end, with the students having wrapped up their projects, given their final presentations, and returned home… but not before being interviewed […]
RACS-mid and the Battle of the Planets – S. Duchesne & E. Lenc (CSIRO Space and Astronomy)
February 23, 2022
The Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) completed a second survey of the entire sky early in 2021. This time it observed at an ASKAP mid-band frequency rather than the lower-band […]
Another Lunar Occultation of 3C273 at Parkes!
February 22, 2022
Sixty years ago, the Parkes telescope played a critical role in the discovery of quasars, using a series of lunar occultations of the bright radio source 3C273 to pin-point its […]
Welcome Franco Di Dio
February 21, 2022
Franco Di Dio recently joined the Parkes Observatory as Site Leader and Senior Engineer. By way of self-introduction, Franco says, “As a young boy, I was mad about anything space-related. […]
The beating heart of ASKAP – by Emil Lenc and Vanessa Moss
February 18, 2022
The animation above shows the regions of the sky observed with ASKAP (Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder) during the RACS-high observations (Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey, high frequency band). The entire […]
ASKAP Update for February – by Aidan Hotan
February 17, 2022
The ASKAP update for February describes plans for migration of CASDA (the CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive) to new hardware and announces the return of an upgraded Observation Management Portal. […]
ATNF Colloquium – Radio Stars and Exoplanets
February 16, 2022
Joe Callingham (Leiden University/ASTRON) Abstract: One key question that astronomy is attempting to answer is whether there are habitable planets around stars other than our Sun. While we have entered […]
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.