Astrofest 2022
November 3, 2022
The annual Astronomy WA Astrofest was held last Saturday at Curtin University. Astrofest offers attendess the opportunity to explore the astrophotography exhibition (and vote in the People’s Choice Award), see […]
ATNF Colloquium – Investigating the lives of black holes and neutron stars with gravitational waves
November 2, 2022
Shanika Galaudage (Monash University) Abstract: The field of gravitational-wave astronomy provides us with a wealth of information about the most extreme objects in the Universe. Since 2015, there have been […]
Astrofest 2022
November 1, 2022
The annual Astronomy WA Astrofest was held last Saturday at Curtin University. Astrofest offers attendess the opportunity to explore the astrophotography exhibition (and vote in the People’s Choice Award), see […]
Happy Birthday Parkes!
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 […]
CryoPAF testing at Parkes
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 […]
CryoPAF test installation
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 […]
ATNF Colloquium – ASKAP as the Magnetic Probe of the Small Magellanic Cloud?
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 […]
The Parkes CryoPAF
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 […]
CryoPAF testing at Parkes
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 […]
ASKAP’s view of an exceptionally bright Gamma-ray burst – by Emil Lenc (CSIRO), James Leung (USyd), and Tara Murphy (USyd)
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 […]
ASKAP Update for October – by Aidan Hotan
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 […]
ATNF Colloquium – ASKAP WALLABY : dwarf galaxies in the Local Universe
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 […]
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.