The Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) The Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) supports Australia's research in radio astronomy. It is administered by the CSIRO, Australia's national scientific research organisation and is funded by the Australian Government. The ATNF operates the Australia Telescope which consists of the Compact Array at Narrabri and the Parkes and Mopra radio telescopes. These telescopes can be used together as a long baseline array for use in Very Long Baseline Interferometry. in Educational > Physicswith australiaaustraliancareercsiroholidaysjobnationalprogramsciencestarssummertelescope