Our ATNF is one of the world’s most advanced radio astronomy facilities, and the only one of its kind in the southern hemisphere. Combining great telescopes, observatories, workshops, data archives and people, we operate out of various locations across Australia.

Apply for time

Submit a proposal to use our ATNF instruments via OPAL, our online proposal system.

A radio telescope dish at night

ASKAP radio telescope

Located in a legislated radio quiet zone, it has a wide field of view and record-breaking survey capabilities.

Four radio telescope dishes

Australia Telescope Compact Array

Six dishes operating as one with wide frequency coverage, quick response times, and flexible configurations.

Murriyang, our Parkes radio telescope

Murriyang, our Parkes radio telescope

Located at our Parkes Observatory on Wiradjuri Country, this is the only single dish radio telescope dedicated to science observations in the southern hemisphere.

Thin line of Earth's atmosphere from Space

Long Baseline Array

Providing very long baseline interferometry across Australia.

ATNF Sites

The ATNF is spread across Australia, with workshops, offices and observatories at various locations. Visiting prerequisites are different for each site.