Vale Doug Milne
May 3, 2018
We were saddened to learn of of the passing of Doug Milne last week. Doug joined the CSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory in 1951 and worked in the pioneering development of semiconductor […]
ATNF Colloquium – AAL update
May 2, 2018
by Mita Brierley, James Murray and Rosalind Dubs (AAL) Abstract: Astronomy Australia manages the Astronomy-NCRIS program on behalf of the Australian astronomy community. Our vision is for Australian astronomers to […]
System checks with Voyager 2
May 1, 2018
Price et al. have recently described the wide-bandwidth digital instrumentation being used for the Breakthrough Listen Search for Intelligent Life with the Parkes 64-m Telescope. The recording system currently implements […]
MeerKAT megnetar monitoring
April 30, 2018
Magnetars are rotating neutron stars with extremely powerful magnetic fields, which are characterised by periods of pulsar-like activity, interspersed with periods of quiescence. The magnetar PSR J1622–4950 has previously displayed […]
Parkes supporting autism awareness
April 27, 2018
April is Autism awareness month, and this year, as it has previously , the Parkes telescope has supported this cause by being illuminated in blue. Statistics indicate the approximately 1 […]
Low polarisation patches in Fornax A
April 26, 2018
Anderson et al. have presented observations of the polarized radio emission from the nearby radio galaxy Fornax A, using data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). Due to its […]
Determining the distance to PSR J0437-4715
April 24, 2018
Li et al. have recently studied PSR J0437−4715, the nearest millisecond pulsar and the brightest at radio wavelengths. To explore the feasibility of achieving a parallax distance accuracy of one […]
PULSE@Parkes in Japan
April 23, 2018
CASS astronomer, Dr Jimi Green, demonstrating our new Parkes simulation as part of a workshop at the recent Communicating Astronomy with the Public conference (CAP2018) in Fukuoka, Japan. Jimi and […]
The Roulettes fly by Parkes
April 20, 2018
Yesterday’s ADAP showed the the Royal Australian Air Force’s aerobatic display team, the Roulettes , in the background with the Parkes telescope in the foreground: today’s ADAP has the opposite […]
The Roulettes fly by Parkes
April 19, 2018
The Roulettes are the Royal Australian Air Force’s aerobatic display team. Established in 1970, the Roulettes are a six aircraft, seven member team which during their displays can fly as […]
ATNF Colloquium – Galaxy Evolution with HI Intensity Mapping
April 18, 2018
by Laura Wolz (University of Melbourne) Abstract: Intensity mapping surveys of neutral hydrogen (HI) are a novel way to measure the large scale matter distribution of our Universe and thus […]
ATCA observations of Alpha Centauri
April 17, 2018
Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to the solar system, and consists of three stars: Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B, and Proxima Centauri (also known as Alpha Centauri […]
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.