Version 2.20.1 (2025-01-24)
- Fixed a bug preventing autocompletion of source names in light mode (web)
- Added a loading indicator for cone searches (web)
- Added ToO submission for H.E.S.S. members (web)
Release history
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Version 2.20.0 (2025-01-22)
- New search button added to the top row of the web interface
- Improved interface: now also working in landscape mode on smartphones and tablets
- Light vs science mode:
- New main switch between “light” and “science” mode in top row of the web interface
- Cleaner interface in light mode with easier to grasp information and less technical details
- Added a watchlist (registered users):
- Selected events will be displayed in the skymap and latest transients list independent of the filter settings or time period
- New features for TeVCat and 4FGL catalogs
- Additional parameters displayed for all 4FGL and TeVCat sources
- New filters for 4FGL and TeVCat sources
- Minor changes and bug fixes
- Default time period reduced to 7 days, configurable via the user settings (registered users)
- Number of selected events shown at the bottom of the event list
- New fields in the events (JSON format): image_urls: a dictionary pointing to additional figure for some events
- New figure added to all neutrino alerts and all entries of the IceCat-1 catalog
- Added distance filter for gravitational wave events
- Added confirmation check before submitting events to RAPAS and BHTOM
- Adapted to TNS v2.0
- Updated Tilepy integration to tilepy v2.5.0
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Version 2.19.0 (2024-12-11)
- Improved optical lightcurves
- Combining multiple ATLAS observations
- Added upper limits (ATLAS and ZTF)
- Enabled custom lightcurves for arbitrary sky positions (i.e. independent of transient events)
- Enabled data from the RAPAS amateur astronomer network
- Updates of the TeVCat and 4FGL-DR4 catalogs
- TeVCat updated to latest version + 4FGL updated to DR4
- Added Beta vs Energy Peak plot for 4FGL sources with significance > 20
- Added Flux vs Spectral Index plot for TeVCat sources containing this information
- Minor changes and bug fixes
- Added button to download the information for the selected event in JSON format
- Team updated on the website
- Added link to the Lasair broker for transients detected by ZTF
- Improved requests to confidential information
- Added restricted group for CTAO/LST-1 (incl. submission of ToO requests)
- Various minor improvements and bug fixes
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Version 2.18.0 (2024-10-31)
- Smart Home integration to enable visual alerts of incoming notifications
- Added all known classified optical transients available in the IAU database (Transient Name Server), previously our collection only started 01/2022
- Added new alert stream: IceCube searches for neutrino in coincidence with gravitational waves detected by LVK; notifications sent to the “neutrino” stream
- Added new catalogs to cone searches
- HMXB from HMXBwebcat
- LMXB from LMXBwebcat
- Minor changes and bug fixes
- Fixed color issues for the forum login screens
- Improved selection of a single day time range and the display of the timeline for short periods
- Added option to select the start time of the GW tiling schedule calculation
- Activated notifications for GRB notices from Einstein Probe
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Version 2.17.1 (2024-09-07)
- Minor changes and bug fixes
- Submission of events to the RAPAS network is now using the correct user name
- Various minor improvements and bug fixes
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Version 2.17.0 (2024-09-06)
- Added filters for instruments onboard major satellites: Swift, Fermi, SVOM
- Added alerts (via GCN/Kafka) from Einstein-Probe and Swift BAT-GUANO
- Minor changes
- fixing user filter modifications
- Various minor improvements and bug fixes
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Version 2.16.0 (2024-07-29)
- API requests can now directly use the filter settings defined in the web/smartphone interfaces
- Extension of the /event endpoint to handle a list of events
- Top-10 events (compiled in collaboration with the Pro-Am network RAPAS) can now be downloaded
- Minor changes
- Lightcurves being updated more often (twice per day)
- Added link to the Xingming Sky Survey Project (XOSS)
- Various minor improvements and bug fixes
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Version 2.15.0 (2024-07-15)
- Introducing optical lightcurves
- Daily updated lightcurves for recent optical transients
- Customized lightcurves using user-defined time ranges for all events
- Added localisation contours for IceCube Cascade events
- Added GRBs detected by the SVOM satellite
- Minor changes
- Improved sub-filters for classified optical transients
- Updated the Tilepy integration to v1.1.0
- improvements to layout and design
- Various minor improvements and bug fixes
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Version 2.14.0 (2024-07-01)
- Introducing regular event updates from TNS
- Added change history to all events within Astro-COLIBRI
- Added date selection for tilepy scheduling, multi-observatory and longterm visibility
- Added GRB ToO observations by the H.E.S.S. high-energy gamma-ray observatory
- Minor changes
- New filter (within 'general') allowing to different follow-up networks
- Notifications sent with higher priority
- Added reset of date range to filtering in the app
- Reduced window around T CrB to reduce false alerts
- Bug fixes
- Event submissions to the RAPAS network
- Visibility figures not accessible for some smartphone users
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Version 2.13.0 (2024-05-04)
- Introducing rate limits on the most computing and IO intensive endpoints (latest_transients and cone_search); see this forum post for details
- General filters: sources visible by the selected observatory, angular distance to the sun, retracted events, etc.
- Minor changes
- Use of GPT-4o for event descriptions
- Added Gemini North + South to observatories
- User defined duration of an observation for the tilepy scheduling plan of GW follow-ups
- Added direct link to scientific publications for each source on ADS/SciX
- Bug fixes
- Tilepy GW follow-up observation plans for radio observatories
- Display of GW events in timebar
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Version 2.12.2 (2024-05-06)
- Added alerts stream for special targets: rare events that you don’t want to miss (e.g. the 2024 explosion of T CrB, a Galactic supernova, etc.)
- Added SNEWS supernova neutrino alerts: notifications sent to supernova, neutrino, Astro-COLIBRI announcements, and the new “special targets” stream
- Added user setting to adapt the precision of the displayed coordinates
- Bug fixes
- SuperKamiokande supernova neutrino alerts
- Observer location set from user settings
- Fixed crashes at startup of the interfaces
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Version 2.12.1 (2024-04-23)
- Added Einstein Probe (WXT) detections
- Bug fixes
- Observatory filters
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Version 2.12.0 (2024-04-17)
- Additional filtering options for gravitational waves and high-energy neutrinos
- Event descriptions via OpenAI/GPT-4
- Minor changes
- Events followed by Kilonova-Catcher (KNC) identified
- Improved tracking of app crashes
- New style for the app onboarding
- Bug fixes
- Synchronization and backup of filter settings
- Download of events in cone search
- Wrong error message during BHTOM submission
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Version 2.11.0 (2024-03-15)
- Added support for the RAPAS network (submission of interesting events from the frontends + weekly list of most interesting transient posted in the Astro-COLIBRI forum)
- Added support for the BHTOM network (submission of interesting events from the frontends)
- Download the full filter settings defined in the interface as JSON file (science mode)
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
- Fixed opening of Unistellar deeplinks
- Added new event information: sun distance + follow-up campaigns
- Added support for multiple brokers (e.g. Ampel, Fink, etc.)
- Updated documentation
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Version 2.10.0 (2024-02-28)
- Multi-observatory visibility plot: select multiple observatories around the world to efficiently plan your follow-up campaigns
- Opening the app from a notification now directly loads the announced event
- Introducing color schemes: choose between different schemes to customize the appearence of the interface
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Version 2.9.1 (2024-01-19)
- first version of the Astro-COLIBRI GPT chatbot published
- bug fix: error circles in manual conse search
- improved performance of the web frontend in non-science mode
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Version 2.9.0 (2024-01-15)
- Astro-COLIBRI discussion forum: https://forum.astro-colibri.science
- Exchanges about the latest events
- Helpdesk + direct contact with the developers
- Discussions of tools and equipement, astrophotography, fun stuff, ...
- New API endpoint “latest_transients” that allows to bulk download selected events, accessible via a new button in the web and mobile apps
- Changes to mobile interface
- Selected events are now illustrated with an image and their event type
- Enable toggle to show/hide external links
- Notification screen improved
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
- Fixed manual cone searches, rearranged widget and improved performance
- Naming and display of tilepy results fixed
- New notifications announcing well localized gravitational waves (90% area < 100deg2)
- Improved display of Unistellar citizen science events
- Added MeerKAT observatory
- Updated link to AAVSO with cone search in VSX
- Improved event descriptions
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Version 2.8.0 (2023-11-17)
- New filtering system in the application and cone search API
- Added new events: optical transients directly after their detection, i.e. without waiting for their classification
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Version 2.7.1 (2023-11-08)
- Cone searches around GRBs detected by Fermi-GBM now show the 50 and 90% contours of the GRB localisation (science mode)
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Version 2.7.0 (2023-09-27)
- Improved the “science mode” and enabled it on the mobile apps
- Support for deeplinks
- An URL that contains the Astro-COLIBRI identifier allows to load a selected event
- Enables sharing of events (e.g. social media, exchanges with colleagues, etc.)
- If installed, the app loads instead of the web frontend when receiving a deeplink on a smartphone
- New pop-up window in the notification screen when notifications are disabled in the OS
- Minor improvements:
- Visibility plot now correctly handling event updates and multiple detections
- Improved event description text for Gw events
- Improved documentation of the API
- Improved and updated onboarding tutorial
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Version 2.6.0 (2023-08-22)
- Added very bright SN candidates selected by the Unistellar Citizen Science program and the ALeRCE broker
- New notifications: “bright + early optical transients”
- Direct links to the Unistellar app to start follow-up observations
- Minor improvements:
- Private PanRadio group and notifications
- Added redding due to dust absorption and link to NED extinction calculator
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Version 2.5.3 (2023-07-24)
- Link to new FINK API endpoint for cone searches within GW contours
- Bug fixes:
- Custom observatory selection working again
- GW contour are now displayed when selecting a scheduling tile
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Version 2.5.2 (2023-07-08)
- New filtering of gravitational wave events
- Significant GW events
- Non-significant GW events
- Improved API documentation
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Version 2.5.1 (2023-07-04)
- Gravitational wave follow-up
- Fixed loading of GW contours
- Dedicated configuration for GW scheduling with H.E.S.S.
- Improved account deletion procedure
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Version 2.5.0 (2023-06-20)
- Gravitational wave follow-up
- https://tilepy.com
- new cloud-based API to calculate optimized follow-up schedule
- access from web and mobile frontends
- results integrated in event list and map
- Improved definition of custom observatories + more parameters
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
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Version 2.4.2 (2023-05-31)
- Bug fix: notifications on Android 13
- Additional minor fixes
- GWs: display of maps, notifications
- Flexible custom observatory names
- FLaapLUC alerts
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Version 2.4.1 (2023-05-24)
- Added IceCat-1 to cone search results
- Improved links to external platforms
- Reordered and shorter list for non-science mode
- Added link to TreasureMap (GW follow-up)
- Improved observability assessment
- added dedicated calculation for Victor M. Blanco telescope
- filename now contains the source name
- fixed bug related to custom observer location names
- Various minor bug fixes and improvements
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Version 2.4.0 (2023-04-26)
- Improved user management and sign-up screens
- Use of GPS location for the observability assessment
- Searching for events via the manual cone search window now returns the full event information
- Preparations for the O4 gravitational wave observation run
- New notification streams for ‘significant alerts’ + ‘NS/NSBH events’
- More event parameters displayed
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- Improved selection of GBM lightcurves
- Update to new NASA/GCN circular system
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Version 2.3.0 (2023-03-10)
- Improved performance of the frontend
- Enabled “click and drag” of the maps in both the web and mobile frontends
- Enabled zooming of images in mobile app
- Added localisation uncertainties of archival sources (e.g. 4FGL)
- Added GBM lightcurves
- Bug fixes
- Fink cone search radius updated
- Link to AAVSO improved
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Version 2.2.0 (2023-01-27)
- new VoEvent architecture (performance improvements + future proof / easier extensions + new functionalities)
- new API endpoint "event" to retrieve the Astro-COLIBRI information on an event
- improved documention of the API incl. an interactive tutorial: API documentation
- improved calculation of the observability figure (speed improvement allowing higher resolution of 1min, easier maintenance, etc.)
- new observatories: Parkes, CTA/LST
- improved notifications (identification of event updates, improved format, etc.)
- new alert stream: GRB detections by GECAM
- added IceCube event displays (if available)
- preparations of the O4 run of the gravitational wave interferometers
- Bug fixes:
- visibility windows missing on the observability plot in some (rare) cases
- re-enabled non-https urls on mobile devices
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Version 2.1.2 (2022-12-21)
- Added VoEvent archive (XML and JSON format, accessible in the web frontend and via a new, public API endpoint 'voevent')
- New page highlighting a few use cases added to landing page: Usage examples
- Change of time range now directly affecting cone search results
- changed color for flares identified by FLaapLUC
- Bug fixes:
- Filtering of cone search results (mobile devices)
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Version 2.1.1 (2022-12-07)
- Improved creation of figures (bug fix + performance increase)
- New menu entry for contact and additional information in the mobile app
- Improved documentation of the public API endpoints
- Bug fixes:
- Autocompletion of multiple detected sources
- Contact email link on Android
- Shifts in the timeline
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Version 2.1.0. (2022-11-21)
- Improved performance: new cloud computing architecture + avoid recalculation of existing figures + reduced refreshes of the frontend
- Added a new alert stream: GeV flares from AGN detected by Fermi-LAT via the FLaapLUC pipeline (incl. new figures showing the latest results); see also FLaapLUC alerts
- Support for different coordinate systems (Ecliptic and Galactic) and different projections (Hammer-Aitoff, Mollweide, Mercator)
- Addition of a figure showing the Swift-XRT lightcurve for GRBs detected by Swift in the context of archival and VHE detected GRBs
- Added manual cone searches and ATEL search to the smartphone apps
- Various other improvements:
- Zoom in the latest transients map now triggers a cone search in that region
- Increased available archival transients: GRBs from Swift, Fermi and INTEGRAL since Jan/2016 + all public IceCube neutrino alerts + all public HAWC and IceCube-HAWC alerts
- Selection/deselection of all observatories or event types
- Added link to ZTF viewer ‘SNAD’ + ALeRCE + improved link to FINK
- Onboarding more interactive
- Improved API documentation
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Version 2.0.2 (2022-10-07)
- Display of localisation uncertainties of all transients
- Performance improvements: building of main widget reduced + switch to Flutter 3
- Bug fix: manual cone searches
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Version 2.0.1 (2022-09-16)
- Bug fix: manual cone searches
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Version 2.0.0 (2022-09-01)
- Major upgrade of the web interface
- Timeline of events to visualize temporal correlations and facilitates choice of time period
- Combination of event filters and legend
- Links to external platforms shown as cards (incl. logos and short descriptions)
- Introduced “Science mode” switching between event descriptions and observability information
- Direct access to custom searches for sources in arbitrary sky locations
- Artists illustration of the different transient categories
- General improvements
- added direct links to the Living Swift-XRT Point Source catalogue
- Bug fixes
- Update of Swift alerts were not working as expected
- Various minor bug fixes and improvements
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Version 1.4.2 (2022-06-10)
- Added search for ATELs
- Bug fix: event filtering in the web frontend
- Treatment of non-GRB alerts by Swift
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Version 1.4.1 (2022-05-18)
- Event information improved: additional parameters displayed + link to ALADIN includes uncertainty region + link to AAVSO lightcurves + TACH/GCN viewer
- Selection of date for visibility plot possible
- New notification stream for bright (mag<18) optical transients
- Onboarding/tutorial for the mobile app
- Switch to and from the legend improved on mobile app
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Version 1.4.0 (2022-03-07)
- Enabling the definition and management of custom observatories
- Updated source catalog to 4FGL-DR3 and latest TevCat
- Additional information (SNe alerts from the SuperK neutrino detector, access to SkyMapper images, new observatory locations, source redshift information, etc.)
- Various bug fixes (Horizontal scrolling of links; custom observatory locations on mobile frontends; Access to filter settings (issues for some users existed); GCN parser stability issues; etc.)
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Version 1.3.0 (2022-01-10)
- Added optical transients (SNe, novae, CVs, etc.) incl. new notification streams
- Updated marker styles
- Improved search for sources (cf. manual cone search)
- Added various new links to external services: weather information, sky view, ASAS-SN, Pan-STARRS, Gaia
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Version 1.2.1 (2021-11-03)
- Added a catalog of SGRs and AXPs to the cone search
- Several corner cases for the daily visibility plot fixed (e.g. darktime around noon UTC, observations covering several days)
- Transients highlighted in cone search results
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Version 1.2.0 (2021-10-21)
- Merchandise shop
- Added description of transients for the general public
- Galactic plane added to sky maps
- Added direct link to the science portal of the Fink ZTF/LSST broker
- Check for existence of external links
- Removed Fermi-GBM flight notices
- Design and layouts improvements + minor bug fixes
- Mobile app: new settings menu
- Web app: re-organisation of visibility plots + display adapted to different screen sizes
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Version 1.1.1 (2021-09-29)
- Fixed bug in user registration
- Setting event times to UTC
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Version 1.1.0 (2021-09-21)
- Improved cone search that is flexible for future improvements
- Filter settings are now synchronized between devices
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Version 1.0.0 (2021-08-17)
First public release (incl. first public Android and iOS applications)