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Front and back covers of a CSIRO booklet on Radio Astronomy published in 1985

CSIRO radio astronomy in 1985

June 11, 2025

ATNF archivist, Lawrence Toomey, recently unearthed several copies of a 1985 booklet on Radio Astronomy, published as one of a series of 18 booklets about research conducted within CSIRO. Radio […]

A schematic image of the present-day, warped Magellanic Corona (in orange) and the predicted position of the Magellanic Stream (in blue). The present-day LMC velocity is indicated with a gray arrow and the opposing direction of the apparent wind through the MW’s coronal gas (in purple) is marked with purple arrows. The blue arrows that emanate from the LMC’s disk represent the LMC’s galactic wind, which is encased within the Magellanic corona. (From Poudel et al. 2025)

The Gaseous Blowout of the 30 Doradus Starburst Region in the LMC

June 10, 2025

Widespread galactic winds emanate from the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), with the 30 Doradus starburst region generating the fastest and most concentrated gas flows. Poudel et al. report on the […]

One of the two elevation gearboxes being removed from Murriyang, the Parkes radio telescope, for refurbishment in June 2025. (Image credit: John Sarkissian)

Parkes elevation gearbox refurbishment

June 6, 2025

Murriyang, CSIRO’s Parkes radio-telescope has started a four week shutdown to allow a refurbishment of the two elevation gearboxes. This is only the third time in the 64 year life […]

Five people stand on a dock beside a green and yellow ferry with the name, Ruby Payne-Scott on the front

Launch of the Ruby Payne-Scott ferry

June 5, 2025

Ruby Payne-Scott was a pioneer in radio astronomy and an early advocate for women’s rights in the workplace. She worked at CSIRO (then known as CSIR) from 1941 to 1951. […]

The radio and X-ray light-curves of the newley discovered long-period radio transient, ASKAP J1832-0911, which has a period of 44.2 minutes. (Image credit: Ziteng Wang)

A Long-Period Radio Transient detected at X-ray energies

June 4, 2025

In recent years, a class of long-period radio transients (LPTs) has been discovered, exhibiting emission on timescales thousands of times longer than radio pulsars. Various models have been proposed involving […]

Interstellar gas of lots of different colours with plenty of stars. One star has been highlighted, with it's name ASKAP J1832

A Long-Period Radio Transient detected at X-ray energies

June 3, 2025

In recent years, a class of long-period radio transients (LPTs) has been discovered, exhibiting emission on timescales thousands of times longer than radio pulsars. Several models have been proposed involving […]

ATCA dynamic spectra of a candidate Main Sequence radio-pulse emitting star, HD 149764, in Stokes I (total intensity) and Stokes V (circular polarisation). From Das et al. 2025.

Discovery of Main-sequence Radio Pulse emitters from widefield sky surveys

June 2, 2025

Magnetic AB stars are known to produce periodic radio pulses by the electron cyclotron maser emission (ECME) mechanism. Only 19 such stars, known as ‘Main-sequence Radio Pulse emitters’ (MRPs) 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.