National Reconciliation Week 2024
May 31, 2024
National Reconciliation Week runs from 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones — the successful 1967 referendum, and the 1992 High Court Mabo decision respectively. The […]
National Reconciliation Week 2024
May 30, 2024
National Reconciliation Week runs from 27 May to 3 June and is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how […]
ATNF Colloquium – A Global Fireball Observatory for planetary defence: a multidisciplinary approach
May 29, 2024
Dr. Ellie Sansom Abstract: When asteroids hit the Earth’s atmosphere, they produce light, heat and shock waves. Observing these phenomena, from the fireball to the seismic and infrasound, gives us […]
National Reconciliation Week 2024
May 28, 2024
National Reconciliation Week runs from 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones — the successful 1967 referendum, and the 1992 High Court Mabo decision respectively. The […]
National Reconciliation Week 2024
May 27, 2024
National Reconciliation Week runs from 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones — the successful 1967 referendum, and the 1992 High Court Mabo decision respectively. The […]
Images of the active sun made with the Chris Cross at Fleurs
May 24, 2024
The Chris Cross at the Fleurs field station, 40km west of Sydney, was used to generate two-dimensional high-resolution radio images of the Sun at 1420 MHz, with an angular resoltuion […]
The Chris Cross at Fleurs
May 23, 2024
The Chris Cross, named after its designer, “Chris” Christiansen, was one of three pioneering telescopes at the Fleurs field station. The telescope had two 378-m long arms, oriented north-south and […]
ATNF Colloquium – Instrumental Challenges of an Epoch of Reionization Detection
May 22, 2024
Abstract: All-sky satellite measurements of Murchison Widefield Array beams reveal significant asymmetric sidelobe distortions at an ~10% level, attributed to a range of environmental effects. In this talk I present […]
Kennedy antenna “dish lift” at Fleurs
May 21, 2024
CSIRO operated the Fleurs field station from 1954 to 1963. The Chris Cross , with two arms of 32 parabolic 5.8-m diameter dishes, was complemented with the addition of 18-m […]
The ACAMAR10 conference in Guangzhou – by Ivy Wong
May 20, 2024
The Australia-China Consortium for Astrophysical Research (ACAMAR) held the ACAMAR 10 conference in Guangzhou, China from 12-15 May 2024. This meeting in Guangzhou was previously planned for May 2020 but […]
Impact of recent coronal mass ejections on ASKAP data – by Vanessa Moss
May 17, 2024
The recent auroral light show viewed around the world (except in Sydney, where optimal weather conditions are anti-correlated with the timing of celestial events) was triggered by intense solar activity […]
Anniversary of the inauguration of the Kennedy antenna at Fleurs
May 16, 2024
CSIRO operated the Fleurs field station from 1954 to 1963, when it was tranferred to the University of Sydney. The Chris Cross was completed in 1957 and comprised two arms […]
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.