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September 29, 2023

The CSIRO Space and Astronomy Radio School is being held this week at the Paul Wild Observatory near Narrabri, the site of the Australia Telescope Compact Array, on Gomeroi Country. […]

September 28, 2023

The CSIRO Space and Astronomy Radio School is being held this week at the Paul Wild Observatory near Narrabri, the site of the Australia Telescope Compact Array, on Gomeroi Country. […]

September 27, 2023

Chayan Chatterjee (UWA) Abstract: Gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime curvature created by some of the most energetic events in the universe like the collisions of compact astrophysical objects like […]

September 26, 2023

The CSIRO Space and Astronomy Radio School is being held this week at the Paul Wild Observatory near Narrabri, the site of the Australia Telescope Compact Array, on Gomeroi Country. […]

September 25, 2023

Carpobrotus, more commonly known as pigface or ice plant, is a ground-creeping plant with succulent leaves that is native to Australia, South Africa, and Chile. It produces daisy-like flowers, which […]

September 22, 2023

Today is the anniversary of the opening of the Culgoora Solar Observatory, and commissioning of the Culgoora radioheliograph . The radio-heliograph, which operated from 1967 to 1984, consisted of 96 […]

September 21, 2023

The ASKAP update for July includes reports on survey progress, maintenance activities, proposed data validation assignment changes, polarisation calibration investigations, and Guest Science Project preparation. The image above shows a […]

September 20, 2023

Anais Moller (Swinburne) Abstract: Vera C. Rubin Observatory will open a new era for optical astronomy by imaging the Southern Sky at unprecedented depths. I will introduce Fink, which will […]

September 19, 2023

The Australia Telescope Compact Array is currently in one of its more compact array configurations — a “hybrid” array with two antennas on the north-south spur. This image, captured just […]

September 18, 2023

Venus is the brightest planet as seen from Earth, and it is currently at its greatest brilliancy. As Venus orbits the Sun closer than the Earth, it is visible either […]

September 15, 2023

The Conversation is an independent source of news and views, sourced from the academic and research community and providing independent, explanatory journalism on current affairs. As described in yesterday’s ADAP […]

September 14, 2023

Deg et al. report on the discovery of two potential polar ring galaxies (PRGs) in WALLABY pilot survey data. These untargetted detections, cross-matched to NGC 4632 and NGC 6156, are […]


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.