ATNF Colloquium – Discovery of radio emission from the centre of our galaxy and the EHT image of Sgr A*
May 25, 2022
Ron Ekers (CSIRO) Abstract: The discovery of radio emission from the centre of our galaxy leading up to the EHT image of the SgrA* black hole is a story of […]
The early afterglow of GRB 190829A – by Dichiara et al.
May 24, 2022
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) can be detected out to high redshifts. Low redshift (z < 0.1) GRBs are discovered only infrequently, yet provide an opportunity to study in detail the properties […]
The first VLBI in Australia
May 23, 2022
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) is conducted by combining signals from widely separated telescopes, each of which has its own time and frequency standard. (For this reason, some of the […]
Wintry Canberra mornings
May 20, 2022
A common piece of advice to travellers in Australia is “Don’t book a morning flight to Canberra in winter”, as flights can be re-directed if the airport is fogged in. […]
ASKAP Update – by Aidan Hotan
May 19, 2022
May’s ASKAP update describes ASKAP consolidation workshops to implement improvements to ASKAP in order for ASKAP full surveys to proceed efficiently, the CRAFT Coherent (CRACO) upgrade project to provide more […]
ATNF Colloquium – LOFAR observations of neutron star mergers
May 18, 2022
Kelly Gourdji (Swinburne University of Technology) Abstract: Both coherent and incoherent low-frequency radio emission are predicted at various timescales when neutron stars coalesce. In this talk, I show how the […]
The environment around a Super Massive Black Hole
May 17, 2022
As part of the materials supporting the press release for the Event Horizon Telescope image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy, ESO produced this handy […]
Event Horizon Telescope image of Sgr A*
May 16, 2022
Last week, the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration released their image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy. Sagittarius A was the name given to the brightest […]
The arrangement of ASKAP antennas
May 13, 2022
ASKAP is an array of thirty-six 12m antennas. The antenna locations were carefully chosen to provide good sensitivity to both extended radio emission (as seen in the plane of our […]
A Lunar Halo at the ATCA – (by Ángel R. López Sánchez)
May 12, 2022
Ángel R. López Sánchez was observing at the Australia Telescope Compact Array in 2008. He describes how this photo came about: “After a long day I walked from the control […]
ATNF Colloquium – Exploring the transient landscape with MeerKAT
May 11, 2022
Manisha Caleb (University of Sydney) Abstract: Fast radio bursts (FRBs) have a story which has been told and retold many times over the past few years as they have sparked […]
CDSCC Autumn Sunrise
May 10, 2022
This image of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) at Tidbinbilla is taken from a youtube video by Richard Stephenson of a brief drone flight just after sunrise with […]
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.