ATCA antennas framed
July 11, 2022
A previous ADAP has described the the data transmission system of the old Culgoora Radioheliograph, which consisted of 96 13-m diameter dishes spaced around a circle of 3km diameter. A […]
NAIDOC week
July 7, 2022
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and […]
ATNF Colloquium – USQ’s Mount Kent Observatory:Australia’s Newest Exoplanet Machine
July 6, 2022
Rob Wittenmyer (USQ) Abstract: In the past five years, the University of Southern Queensland’s Mount Kent Observatory has undergone a dramatic expansion to become Australia’s leading exoplanet observatory. The MINERVA-Australia […]
Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky
July 5, 2022
The IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (CPS) coordinates collaborative multidisciplinary international efforts with institutions and individuals and works across multiple […]
ASA’s Peter McGregor Prize awarded to ASKAP Team
July 4, 2022
The Peter McGregor Prize is awarded by the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) in recognition of the design, invention or improvement of astronomical instrumentation and associated software techniques that have […]
…and MAVERIC – by Tudor et al.
July 1, 2022
Globular clusters are stable, tightly bound clusters of tens of thousands to millions of stars. They are associated with all types of galaxies and within our Galaxy they are found […]
The Goose… – by Klingler et al.
June 30, 2022
Klingler et al. report the results of X-ray (Chandra X-ray Observatory) and radio (ATCA) observations of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) powered by the young pulsar PSR J1016–5857, which they […]
The Narrabri Visitors Centre
June 29, 2022
The Australia Telescope Compact Array was formally opened by then Prime Minister Bob Hawke in September 1988, and started operating as a National Facility in 1990. Construction of the $181,000 […]
A radio continuum study of NGC 2082 – by Balzan et al.
June 28, 2022
Balzan et al. present radio continuum observations of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 2082 using the ASKAP, ATCA and Parkes telescopes. The 888 MHz ASKAP data revealed a bright and […]
Welcome Anita Petzler
June 27, 2022
Anita Petzler has joined CSIRO as a Research Plus Postdoc to work on the spectral-line commissioning of the cryogenically cooled phased array feed (CryoPAF) receiver on the 64m Murriyang Radio […]
New Chair appointed to Australia Telescope Steering Committee
June 24, 2022
Professor Tara Murphy has been appointed Chair of the ATNF Steering Committee for the next three years. An Australian astronomer based at The University of Sydney and an Executive member […]
Rapid Intra-Day Variability in PMN J1726+0639 – by Bignall et al.
June 23, 2022
Sufficiently compact (sub-milliarcsecond-scale), centimetre-wave radio sources scintillate, as a result of inhomogeneities in the ionized interstellar medium (ISM). Scintillation can be thought of as a spatial flux density pattern – […]
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.
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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.