SKA Construction Commencement Ceremony
December 7, 2022
The SKA Observatory (SKAO) announced the start of on-site construction activity on Monday for both SKA-Low in Australia and SKA-Mid in South Africa. A ceremony was held at the SKA […]
SKA Construction Commencement Ceremony
December 6, 2022
The SKA Observatory (SKAO) announced the start of on-site construction activity yesterday for both SKA-Low in Australia and SKA-Mid in South Africa. A ceremony was held at the SKA Observatory’s […]
Celebrating the PM’s Prizes 2021
December 5, 2022
It was last year that Keith Bannister was awarded the 2021 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year , but Covid prevented an award ceremony from being held. […]
The Potts Hill confirmation of the 21cm line
December 2, 2022
Yesterday’s ADAP described an antenna on a lake — today’s image is of an antenna that was located by the Potts Hill reservoirs in western Sydney (and that was recently […]
Constraints on the cosmic dawn – by Bevins et al.
December 1, 2022
Understanding the early Universe, when the first stars and galaxies formed (the “Cosmic Dawn”), is one of the major science goals of a number of new observatories. The James Webb […]
ATNF Colloquium – The impact of SKA on Galactic Science: a glimpse at the Galactic plane with SKA precursors
November 30, 2022
Grazia Umana (INAF, Italy) Abstract: About 50-70% of the first five years of SKA operations will be devoted to KSPs, and probably also to Generic Surveys that maximize commensality to […]
A Radio Variable in the Tenth Deeper, Wider, Faster Observing Run – by Dobie et al.
November 28, 2022
The Deeper, Wider, Faster (DWF) program coordinates simultaneous observations between telescopes across the entire electromagnetic spectrum to study astrophysical transients on timescales of milliseconds to days. The tenth DWF observing […]
Tracking Orion
November 25, 2022
NASA’s Artemis 1 was successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center last week with the main objective of testing the Orion spacecraft, especially its heat shield, in preparation for subsequent Artemis […]
WALLABY Pilot Survey Data Release
November 24, 2022
The first data release of WALLABY ASKAP Pilot Survey data was made last week. WALLABY (the Widefield ASKAP L-band Legacy All-sky Blind surveY) observed fields covering 180 square degrees of […]
ATNF Colloquium – High-redshift Supermassive Black Holes grow in dusty, gas-rich environment
November 23, 2022
Quirino D’Amato (SISSA, Italy) Abstract: A large fraction of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) located in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) at galaxy centres grow hidden by dust and gas. In the […]
WALLABY Pilot Survey Data Release
November 22, 2022
The first data release of WALLABY ASKAP Pilot Survey data was made last week. WALLABY (the Widefield ASKAP L-band Legacy All-sky Blind surveY) observed fields covering 180 square degrees of […]
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.