The International Day of Women and Girls in Science
February 13, 2024
The United Nations General Assembly decided in 2015 to establish an annual International Day to recognize the critical role women and girls play in science and technology. The International Day […]
Happy Lunar New Year!
February 12, 2024
The Lunar New Year was celebrated on Saturday, February 10th. In Eastern Asia, Lunar New Year begins on the date of the second new Moon after the December solstice. In […]
Mode Switching behavior of PSR J0614+2229 – by Cai et al.
February 9, 2024
Cai et al. present a detailed single pulse and polarization study of PSR J0614+2229 based on the archival data using the Ultra-wideband Low-frequency Receiver on the Murriyang, the Parkes radio […]
An Eastern Bearded Dragon at Tidbinbilla
February 8, 2024
The eastern bearded dragon (Pogona barbata) is a lizard found in wooded parts of eastern Australia. Adult males can grow to about 60cm in overall length, with females reaching 50cm. […]
ATNF Colloquium – Deciphering Cosmic Dawn: A Conquest of the Final Frontier
February 7, 2024
Hamsa Padmanabhan (University of Geneva) Abstract: I will begin with a broad-based introduction to some of the big open questions in cosmology, and illustrate how upcoming experiments are well-poised to […]
A Galactic Eclipse: The SMC is Forming Stars in Two, Superimposed Systems – by Murray et al.
February 6, 2024
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is an irregular galaxy that is one of the closest neighbours to our Milky Way galaxy. But despite its closeness, the structure and dynamics of […]
A Galactic Eclipse: The SMC is Forming Stars in Two, Superimposed Systems – by Murray et al.
February 5, 2024
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is an irregular galaxy that is one of the closest neighbours to our Milky Way galaxy. But despite its closeness, the structure and dynamics of […]
CDSCC antenna DSS-36
February 2, 2024
There were picturesque skies at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex last month as the 34m diameter Deep Space Station 36 antenna tracked the Peregrine Mission 1 in moments leading […]
Ultra-deep ATCA imaging of 47 Tucanae reveals a central compact radio source – by Paduano et al.
February 1, 2024
Paduano et al. present the results of an ultra-deep radio continuum survey, containing ∼480 hours of observations, of the Galactic globular cluster 47 Tucanae with the Australia Telescope Compact Array. […]
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.