Mopra construction
September 7, 2020
An image from the CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive from the late 1980s during the construction of the 22m Mopra radio telescope.
HI intensity mapping with a PAF on Parkes – by Li et al.
September 4, 2020
The 21cm neutral hydrogen (HI) spectral line can be detected from galaxies in the nearby universe, but is too faint to detect from individual galaxies at even moderate redshifts. However, […]
HI intensity mapping with a PAF on Parkes – by Li et al.
September 3, 2020
The 21cm neutral hydrogen (HI) spectral line can be detected from galaxies in the nearby universe, but is too faint to detect from individual galaxies at even moderate redshifts. However, […]
New Pawsey ingest nodes for ASKAP
September 2, 2020
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre has awarded a $1 million procurement to HPE for new ingest nodes to support researchers using CSIRO’s Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope. The ASKAP […]
SKA calendar for September
September 1, 2020
The SKA calendar for 2020 celebrates the SKA family of pathfinder telescopes. September focuses on MeerKAT, which was inaugurated in July 2018. Operated by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, […]
An aerial view of AAVS
August 31, 2020
The Aperture Array Verification System (AAVS) , located at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, is the testbed for the SKA consortium to evaluate equipment and confirm the performance of antennas before […]
ATCA observations of protoplanetary disks – by de Gregorio-Monsalvo et al.
August 28, 2020
De Gregorio-Monsalvo et al. have characterised the emission at centimeter wavelengths in T Chamaleontis, a star surrounded by a transitional protoplanetary disks. Transitional disks are considered to be the missing […]
The Parkes Testbed Facility
August 27, 2020
The Parkes Testbed Facility (PTF) was installed at the Parkes Observatory in 2008 to test the prototype phased array feeds (PAFs) for ASKAP. The antenna was based on a 12-m […]
The Parkes Testbed Facility
August 26, 2020
The Parkes Testbed Facility (PTF) was installed at the Parkes Observatory in 2008 to test the prototype phased array feeds (PAFs) for ASKAP. The antenna was based on a 12-m […]
Parkes’ other dishes
August 25, 2020
The Parkes 64m radio telescope is affectionately known as “The Dish”, but it is not the only paraboloidal reflector at the Observatory. The image above shows in the foreground the […]
Cold bullets of gas from the Mily Way – by di Teodoro et al.
August 24, 2020
An international team of researchers have discovered a dense, cold gas that’s been shot out from the centre of the Milky Way “like bullets”. The observations were primarily carried out […]
Exploring the Universe without leaving home
August 21, 2020
To celebrate National Science Week, a public webinar about the SKA took place last night, titled “Exploring the Universe without even leaving home.” The speakers were Mia Walker, MWA Engineer, […]
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.