Happy Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2019
The 2018/19 CASS Vacation Students visited the ATCA in mid-January for their own observing run on a National Facility telescope. This night-time snap, from the roof of the control building, […]
ATNF Colloquium – Science & Journalism: Errors = Media x Confusion ^2
February 13, 2019
by Katia Moskvitch Abstract: Whenever there is a story in the media that gets a researcher’s paper horribly wrong, scientists are quick to blame the journalist. And it’s true that […]
International Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy
February 12, 2019
To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the SKA Organisation have released a video celebrating women from around the world answering questions ranging from what they are […]
International Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy
February 11, 2019
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is celebrating Women and Girls in Astronomy Month throughout February. In particular, today is being observed as Women and Girls in Astronomy Day, in tandem […]
(Belated) Happy Chinese New Year!
February 8, 2019
The Lunar New Year was celebrated earlier this week, with the New Year being the Year of the Pig in the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese […]
ATNF Colloquium – Vacation Students Symposium
February 7, 2019
Abstract: The 2018/19 CASS Undergraduate Vacation Scholars Student Symposium will be held on Thursday 7 February. Each student presents a talk about their project. Talks will be presented from Marsfield, […]
ATNF Colloquium – Tailored Simulations
February 6, 2019
by Nathan Deg (University of Cape Town) Abstract: Tailored simulations are excellent tools for investigating a variety of physical phenomena using controlled numerical experiments. In this talk, I will introduce […]
ATNF Colloquium – The UTMOST-2D time domain radio astronomy machine
February 5, 2019
by Adam Deller (Swinburne) Abstract: The Molonglo Cross Telescope was inaugurated over 50 years ago and has passed through several upgrades during its operating life to enable new science output […]
Parkes Elvis Festival 2019
February 4, 2019
The Parkes Elvis Festival was first held in 1993, and has gone from strength to strength ever since. Held in January (as Elvis’ birthday is January 8th), the parade is […]
A candidate microquasar in NGC 300 – by Urquhart et al.
February 1, 2019
Urquhart et al. have reported the discovery of a powerful candidate microquasar in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 300. Chandra images show four discrete X-ray knots aligned in the plane […]
Parkes contributions to astro-chemistry
January 31, 2019
In a recent review, McGuire notes that 204 individual molecular species, comprised of 16 different elements, have been detected in the interstellar and circumstellar medium by astronomical observations. These molecules […]
A (relatively) nearby Fast Radio Burst – by Petroff et al.
January 30, 2019
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond pulses of radio emission that appear to have extragalactic origins. More than 50 FRBs have now been detected, with only one seen to repeat. […]
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.