The fingerprints of gravitational waves
June 30, 2023
Astronomers using data collected by the Parkes radio telescope, Murriyang, have found their strongest evidence yet for low-frequency gravitational waves. For nearly 20 years the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array collaboration […]
Kangaroos by a radioheliograph dish
June 29, 2023
On a recent visit to Narrabri, Mark Cheung snapped the above image of kangaroos by an antenna of the old Culgoora Radioheliograph (which operated from 1967 to 1984). The image […]
ATNF Colloquium – Mergers of white dwarfs and the transients they make
June 28, 2023
Dr. Ashley Ruiter (UNSW, Canberra) Abstract: For the last decade, mergers of double white dwarfs have been considered to be a likely, possibly even favoured, progenitor scenario for Type Ia […]
A commensal ASKAP Fast Radio Burst – by Glowacki et al.
June 27, 2023
Glowacki et al. report on the commensal ASKAP detection of a fast radio burst (FRB), FRB 20211127I, and the detection of neutral hydrogen (HI) emission in the FRB host galaxy, […]
June issue of Contact
June 26, 2023
The June issue of Contact, the SKAO’s magazine, is now out. This issue contains updates on construction activities for SKA-Low and SKA-Mid, the progress towards full SKAO membership for Spain, […]
Vivid Sydney 2023
June 23, 2023
Vivid Sydney is an annual celebration of creativity, innovation and technology. In 2023, for its 13th year, Vivid Sydney fused art, innovation and technology in a program of Light, Ideas, […]
ASKAP Update for June – by Aidan Hotan
June 22, 2023
The ASKAP update for June reports on the status of ongoing survey operations, VAST scheduling, development priorities, the first RACS-mid data release, and solar interference. The Sun is a particularly […]
ATNF Colloquium – Dataflow models for the design and programming of computing systems in astronomy
June 21, 2023
Prof. Jean-Francois Nezan (IETR – INSA, France) Abstract: Projects in astronomy like the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) or the European Extremely Large Telescope are among the world’s largest Big Data […]
The CDSCC 70m antenna, DSS-43
June 20, 2023
The Deep Space Station 43 (DSS-43) antenna at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) was constructed in 1969 to 1973 as a 64-metre diameter antenna. DSS-43, which has the […]
Kerastari conference photo
June 19, 2023
The 2023 Kerastari workshop, Timing and Imaging of compact sources with SKA pathfinders and precursors , is the fifth is a series of meetings held every ~5 years in the […]
ASKAP at sunset
June 16, 2023
Tim Peake is a former ESA astronaut who spent 185 days on the International Space Station (ISS) between December 2015 and June 2016. Peake ran the 2016 London Marathon from […]
Animals and antennas, again
June 15, 2023
Previous ADAPs have noted the attraction that impressive radio-telescope structures have for kangaroos , cows , camels , and wild pigs , amongst other animals. Today’s ADAP continues this theme, […]
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.