Acknowledging the traditional owners of the Marsfield site
June 17, 2019
CEO of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, Nathan Moran, unveils a plaque acknowledging the traditional owners of the Marsfield Site, the Wallamuttagal people, while CASS Director Douglas Bock and […]
ATCA at night
June 14, 2019
The pro photographer David Magro recently came to the Paul Wild observatory to host a couple of his night photography masterclasses, and fourteen people from the town and surrounds came […]
POSSUM Busy Week – by George Heald
June 13, 2019
The Polarization Sky Survey of the Universe’s Magnetism (POSSUM) is one of ASKAP’s planned survey projects. POSSUM’s primary goal is to develop the world’s largest “RM Grid”, a dense catalog […]
Sydney’s VIVID light festival
June 12, 2019
Sydney’s annual VIVID festival has been featured in previous ADAPs, in 2015 , 2017 , and 2018 . This years festival includes the piece above, titled KA3323, by artists K […]
Tian Ma telescope feature wall
June 11, 2019
The feature wall of the foyer and display area of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory’s Tian Ma 65m radio-telescope features a map of the world showing the locations of other famous […]
The Tian Ma 65m radio-telescope
June 7, 2019
Participants at the East Asia SKA Science meeting were offered the chance to visit the Tian Ma 65m radio-telescope of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory. The bushes in the foreground of […]
East Asia SKA Science meeting
June 6, 2019
The East Asia SKA Science meeting was held at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory from May 29th to 31st, with participants from China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and the Netherlands. Among […]
East Asia SKA Science meeting
June 5, 2019
The East Asia SKA Science meeting was held at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory from May 29th to 31st. There were over 90 registered participants, from China, Japan, Korea, Australia and […]
Dick Manchester awarded Flinders Medal
June 4, 2019
The award of the Australian Academy of Science Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture to Dick Manchester was announced last year , with the medal presentation and lecture taking place at […]
2019 Astronomy from the Ground Up Teacher Workshop at CSIRO Parkes Observatory – by Rob Hollow
June 3, 2019
Teachers from four states participated in the recent Astronomy form the Ground Up teacher workshop at CSIRO’s Parkes Observatory. Over three days they heard about some of the latest research […]
The Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) – by Aidan Hotan
May 31, 2019
ASKAP’s rapid survey speed, enabled by the wide-field Phased Array Feeds, is being used to conduct the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS). The resulting catalogue will be used as the […]
LBA observations of PSR 1259-63 – by Miller-Jones et al.
May 30, 2019
Using the Australian Long Baseline Array, Miller-Jones et al. have conducted Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations of the pulsar/massive star binary system PSR B1259−63/LS 2883 4.4 years, fully sampling […]
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.