Welcome Xiu Liu
February 6, 2023
We welcome Xiu Liu, who has joined CSIRO Space and Astronomy as a CERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Kensington. In her role, Xiu will apply state-of-the-art machine/deep learning in searching ASKAP […]
ASKAP Update for January – by Aidan Hotan
February 3, 2023
January’s ASKAP update reports on the experiences gained with automated operations during the holiday period, from the viewpoints of both observing efficiency and processing efficiency. Preparations to test the Pawsey […]
Steel trees
February 2, 2023
Previous ADAPs have offered A bird’s eye view of an ASKAP antenna as well as illustrating the use made by local birdlife of an idle ASKAP antenna . Today’s ADAP […]
2023 S&A Undergraduate Student Symposium
February 1, 2023
The CSIRO Space & Astronomy Undergraduate Vacation Scholarship Program 2022/23 is nearing its completion. Over the ten-week program, students carry out a research project under the supervision of CSIRO staff, […]
Canada and the SKA
January 31, 2023
Last week, the Canadian Government announced Canada’s intention to proceed to full membership in the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO). Canada is currently has observer status at SKAO Council meetings, […]
Welcome Dilpreet Kaur
January 30, 2023
Dilpreet Kaur joined CSIRO Space & Astronomy at the end of last year. Dilpreet received her PhD in “Tracking Interstellar Medium Towards Timing Array Millisecond Pulsars with the MWA” from […]
“I took a ride on a moving radio telescope”
January 27, 2023
Popular British YouTuber Tom Scott this week released a new episode this week entitled “I took a ride on a moving radio telescope” . The telescope was none other than […]
ATNF Colloquium – An introduction to Heliophysics
January 25, 2023
Mark Cheung (CSIRO Space & Astronomy) Abstract: Heliophysics is the study of the Sun and how it influences the space environments around the planets, other solar system bodies and the […]
Vacation Student ATCA Observations
January 24, 2023
The CSIRO Space & Astronomy Undergraduate Vacation Scholarship Program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to work on real-world problems in a leading research organisation. Each scholar undertakes […]
From the Sun to the Cosmos
January 23, 2023
The book Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy , subtitled Early Discoveries, from the Sun to the Cosmos has just been published by Springer as a open […]
Happy Lunar New Year!
January 20, 2023
The Lunar New Year is celebrated this Sunday, January 22nd. In Eastern Asia, Lunar New Year begins on the date of the second new Moon after the December solstice. In […]
Where are all the supernova remnants?
January 19, 2023
In an article for The Conversation , Andrew Hopkins describes work that combines data from the ASKAP radio telescope and the Parkes radio telescope, Murriyang, to answer the question: where […]
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.