Lasair Resources
The example resources highlighted here have been built either by a member of the Lasair user community or by the core Lasair team. Feel free to duplicate and adapt the resources to your science needs.
Filters
Filters are used to select out subsets of transients of interest to Lasair users. Filters are written as SQL queries, created by users, to match against past transient events found in the Lasair database and saved filters will dyamically match against future events.
| Name | Owner | Description | Created |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear transients |  Lasair Resources |
Select those where the bazinBlackBody fit has converged, and ... more | 2025-04-25 11:58:41 |
| Flux jump from white dwarfs | Lasair Resources |
Use the jump1/jump2 lightcurve feature combined with the wat ... more | 2025-04-25 12:03:08 |
| SN II from TNS | Lasair Resources |
Getting SNe type II from TNS, crossmatched with Lasair. Lasa ... more | 2025-04-30 12:53:24 |
Watchlists
A watchlist is generated from a set of points in the sky, together with an association radius. Each transient falling within an association radius of a watchlist source is flagged as matched against that watchlist.
| Name | Owner | Description | Count | Created |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cataclysmic Variables | Lasair Resources |
Catalog of Cataclysmic Variables (Downes+ 2001-2006) Vizier ... more | 19,965 | 2024-08-02 08:04:29 |
| GaiaWhiteDwarfsDR3 | Lasair Resources |
Catalogue of white dwarfs in Gaia EDR3 (Gentile+, 2021) | 1,011,124 | 2025-04-24 16:40:25 |
| MILLIQUAS: Million quasar catalogue v8 | Lasair Resources |
The Million Quasars (Milliquas) catalogue, version 8 (Flesch ... more | 1,021,798 | 2025-04-25 10:48:32 |
| E+A Galaxies | Lasair Resources |
Galaxies liable to have a TDE. French & Zabludoff 2018 ht ... more | 51,907 | 2025-04-25 10:51:39 |
| Golovin nearby stars | Lasair Resources |
Fifth Catalogue of Nearby Stars (CNS5) (Golovin+, 2023). Viz ... more | 5,908 | 2025-04-25 10:56:38 |
| Abell clusters | Lasair Resources |
Abells catalog of galaxy clusters with 115 arcsec associatio ... more | 2,712 | 2025-04-25 10:58:50 |
| Strong lensing | Lasair Resources |
Strong-lensing systems from 4 surveys (Cao+, 2015) | 118 | 2025-04-25 11:00:10 |
| Gaia nearby stars | Lasair Resources |
Gaia Catalog of Nearby Stars (2021; VizieR J/A+A/649/A6/tabl ... more | 331,312 | 2025-04-25 11:02:41 |
| Cepheids | Lasair Resources |
Cepheids from Gaia (2022) | 15,021 | 2025-05-12 09:06:21 |
| RR_Lyrae | Lasair Resources |
RR Lyrae from Gaia DR3 (2022) | 271,779 | 2025-05-12 09:09:20 |
Watchmaps
A watchmap is based on a region file (MOC format) which defines a specific portion of the sky. Each transient falling within that region of the sky is flagged as matched against that watchmap.
| Name | Owner | Description | Count | Created |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galaxies within 5 Mpc | Lasair Resources |
Footprints of galaxies from theHECATE catalogue (hecate.ia.f ... more | 0 | 2025-04-25 10:33:23 |
| Galaxies within 50 Mpc | Lasair Resources |
Footprints of galaxies from theHECATE catalogue (hecate.ia.f ... more | 0 | 2025-04-25 10:35:03 |
| Rubin ComCam Fields 2024 | Lasair Resources |
Fields observed during commissioning with Rubin ComCam: http ... more | 0 | 2025-04-25 10:36:44 |
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