Gas filament in the Abell 3391/95 galaxy cluster system – by Reiprich et al.
December 18, 2020
Researchers from Western Sydney University, Macquarie University, and CSIRO, have contributed to the first observation of a gas filament with a length of 50 million light years – confirming current […]
Parkes flux density monitoring of 286 radio pulsars – by Shi Dai
December 17, 2020
The Parkes telescope has been monitoring 286 radio pulsars approximately monthly since 2007. The wide Dispersion Measure range of the pulsar sample and the uniformity of the observing procedure make […]
RACS artwork
December 16, 2020
The Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS), has been featured in recent ADAPs. Today’s image shows a painting celebrating RACS by Wajarri artist Margaret Whitehurst, who describes her work: “My painting […]
Full moon at Tid
December 15, 2020
The image above shows the full moon at the end of last month, seen through clouds at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex.
SKA calendar for December
December 14, 2020
The SKA calendar for 2020 celebrates the SKA family of pathfinder telescopes. December focuses on the Effelsberg 100m radio-telescope — one of the largest fully steerable dishes on Earth. The […]
The first radio-astronomy in WA!
December 11, 2020
Last month, an ADAP described what may have been the earliest radio astronomy observation in WA , identifying some VLBI observations in November 1988. There is nothing like making a […]
Swift J1830.7-0645 — a new magnetar – by Coti Zelati et al.
December 10, 2020
On 2020 October 10, the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on board the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory triggered on a short, hard X-ray burst. Prompt observations with the Swift X-ray Telescope […]
FRB-like bursts from a magnetar – by Israel et al.
December 9, 2020
Israel et al. report on simultaneous radio and X-ray observations of the radio-emitting magnetar 1E 1547.0– 5408 made with the 64-m Parkes radio telescope and the Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray […]
Parkes monitoring of the globular cluster pulsar J1803-3002A – by Zhang et al.
December 8, 2020
Zhang et al. have reported the first wideband monitoring observations of PSR J1803−3002A, a relatively bright millisecond pulsar in the globular cluster NGC 6522 with a spin period of 7.1 […]
RACS quality checks
December 7, 2020
An important part of the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) paper contained the quality assessments for the first epoch RACS observations, with considerations of the image noise and sensitivity, astrometric […]
RACS future plans
December 4, 2020
The initial results from the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey were published this week in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia . However, this was just the first instalment […]
RACS Sky Virtual Tour
December 3, 2020
The initial results from the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey were published this week in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia . A RACS Sky Virtual Tour, highlighting a […]
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.