September 5, 2024
It can get foggy on winter mornings near Canberra … The image above was snapped just after sunrise in late July, when the temperature was a bracing -2 degrees! DSS […]
September 4, 2024
NASA’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation, Kevin Coggins, visited the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) last week to celebrate the 60th anniversary of NASA’s Deep Space […]
September 3, 2024
Wear it Purple Day, held on the last Friday in August, is a celebration of the message that everybody has the right to be proud of who they are. Wear […]
September 2, 2024
The Australia Telescope Compact Array was opened by the Prime Minister of Australia, Bob Hawke, on the 2nd of September, 1988. Events on the day are described in this article […]
August 30, 2024
Wear it Purple Day has a simple message — everybody has the right to be proud of who they are. Now an international day of recognition, held on the last […]
August 29, 2024
With ground tests at the Parkes Observatory having been completed, the cryoPAF (cryogenically cooled Phased Array Feed) has been reinstalled in the focus cabin of Murriyang, CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope. […]
August 28, 2024
Oliver Oayda (University of Sydney) Abstract: The dipole of the Cosmic Microwave Background (“CMB”) is conventionally understood to be due to our heliocentric motion through the Universe at a speed […]
August 27, 2024
Abell 3627, also known as the Norma Cluster, is a rich, nearby galaxy cluster with catalogued cluster galaxies within the 2 Mpc Abell radius. Near the edge of the cluster […]
August 26, 2024
Ghavam et al. present new ATCA radio observations toward N49, one of the brightest supernova remnants (SNRs) located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). New and archival ATCA radio observations […]
August 23, 2024
The cryoPAF (cryogenically cooled Phased Array Feed) is back at the Parkes Observatory for another round of ground tests, before being re-installed in the focus cabin for “on-Dish” tests. Late […]
August 22, 2024
The ASKAP Update for August includes reports on survey progress, Pawsey supercomputer maintenance, a new project aimed at improving ASKAP’s development capacity and ASKAP’s impact at the IAU General Assembly. […]
August 21, 2024
Pascal Keller (Leiden Observatory) Abstract: The Epoch of Reionisation (EoR) marks the cosmic period during which the neutral hydrogen that pervaded the Universe transitioned to an almost entirely ionised state. […]
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.