Parkes Observatory tracking Odysseus
February 26, 2024
CSIRO is part of Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Data Network which is seeing Murriyang, our Parkes radio telescope, being used to support Intuitive Machines’ first lunar mission. Odysseus, the lunar lander, […]
Smile, and the Universe smiles with you – by Duchesne et al.
February 23, 2024
A few years ago, JPL issued a press release with the title Smile, and the Universe smiles with you , describing a Hubble Space Telescope image of a galaxy cluster […]
M2P2 — the Maser Monitoring Parkes Project
February 22, 2024
Hafner et al. describe the Maser Monitoring Parkes Project (M2P2), an ongoing prograsm to observe masers towards high-mass star-forming regions (HMSFRs) using Murriyang, the CSIRO Parkes radio telescope. In a […]
ASKAP Update for February
February 21, 2024
The ASKAP Update for February reports on the status of CASDA (the CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive), the resumption of survey operations, the next RACS (Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey) epoch, […]
Parkes Observatory tracking IM-1
February 20, 2024
CSIRO is part of Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Data Network which is seeing Murriyang, our Parkes radio telescope, being used to support Intuitive Machines’ first lunar mission, IM-1, which was successfully […]
ASKAP discovers radio emission from local massive galaxies
February 19, 2024
An article in The Conversation by Michael Brown (Monash Uni) describes the use of the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) to detect radio waves from some very massive nearby galaxies […]
Article on ASKAP FRB detection in The Conversation
February 16, 2024
An article in The Conversation by Ryan Shannon (Swinburne Uni) describes the ASKAP detection of Fast Radio Burst detected on June 6, 2022, known officially as FRB 20220610A. As usual, […]
Fast and furious 3: The RACS Holiday Special – by the RACS Team
February 15, 2024
As previous ADAPs have illustrated , ASKAP is an excellent instrument for surveying the sky. We had previously surveyed the sky four times with RACS (Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey), three […]
ATNF Colloquium – Detecting last light from first stars
February 14, 2024
Rudrani Kar Chowdhury (University of Hong Kong) Abstract: First generation metal-free stars, referred to as population III (Pop III) stars, are believed to be the first objects to form out […]
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science
February 13, 2024
The United Nations General Assembly decided in 2015 to establish an annual International Day to recognize the critical role women and girls play in science and technology. The International Day […]
Happy Lunar New Year!
February 12, 2024
The Lunar New Year was celebrated on Saturday, February 10th. In Eastern Asia, Lunar New Year begins on the date of the second new Moon after the December solstice. In […]
Mode Switching behavior of PSR J0614+2229 – by Cai et al.
February 9, 2024
Cai et al. present a detailed single pulse and polarization study of PSR J0614+2229 based on the archival data using the Ultra-wideband Low-frequency Receiver on the Murriyang, the Parkes radio […]
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.