First round of ASKAP Pilot Surveys completed – by Vanessa Moss
May 25, 2020
On the 14th May 2020 at 08:58:55 UT, we finished observing the first round of ASKAP Pilot Surveys. These surveys began officially on 15th July 2019 at 10:08:44 UT, which […]
The intermittent pulsar J1841-0500 – by Wang et al.
May 22, 2020
Pulsars are rapdily rotating, highly magnetised neutron stars which generate beams of radio emission. While most pulsars are always “on”, some pulsars display pulse nulling, in which the pulsed emission […]
The intermittent pulsar J1832+0029 – by Wang et al.
May 21, 2020
Pulsars are rapdily rotating, highly magnetised neutron stars which generate beams of radio emission. While most pulsars are always “on”, some pulsars display pulse nulling, in which the pulsed emission […]
ATNF Colloquium – Time and Tide in the z<0.1 Universe
May 20, 2020
Michelle Cluver (Swinburne University of Technology) Abstract: With the majority of galaxies in the local universe located in galaxy groups, these environments are considered key to understanding the evolution of […]
ASKAP Pilot Survey Data in CASDA
May 19, 2020
The ASKAP Update for May is now available, and includes news on the release of Pilot Survey data into CASDA (the CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive). The public release of […]
ASKAP Pilot Surveys Completed
May 18, 2020
The ASKAP Pilot Survey program was designed to test strategies that have been developed by ASKAP’s science teams and determine the telescope’s readiness for full-scale surveys. An allocation of 100 […]
SKA Shared Sky Exhibition
May 15, 2020
Shared Sky brings together Aboriginal Australian and South African artists in a collaborative exhibition celebrating ancient cultural wisdom. The exhibition embodies the spirit of the international science and engineering collaboration […]
PKS B1934-638 – by Heywood et al.
May 14, 2020
The radio source PKS B1934-638 is a Giga-hertz Peaked Spectrum source that is widely used a primary calibrator source for radio interferometers in the southern hemisphere, as it is extremely […]
PKS B1934-638 – by Heywood et al.
May 13, 2020
The radio source PKS B1934-638 is a Giga-hertz Peaked Spectrum source that is widely used a primary calibrator source for radio interferometers in the southern hemisphere, as it is extremely […]
Parkes 2019OCT Pulsar Data Published in CSIRO’s Data Access Portal – by Lawrence Toomey
May 12, 2020
CSIRO’s Data Access Portal (DAP) contains the most comprehensive archive of pulsar data globally, with over 1.5 Petabytes from the Parkes radio telescope available for download. The DAP is Virtual […]
GASKAP imaging of the SMC
May 11, 2020
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The GASKAP team have recently used ASKAP to image the SMC over 12 hours in a newly […]
SKA Shared Sky Exhibition
May 8, 2020
Shared Sky brings together Aboriginal Australian and South African artists in a collaborative exhibition celebrating ancient cultural wisdom. The exhibition embodies the spirit of the international science and engineering collaboration […]
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.