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 Image placeholder Lasair Resources Select those where the bazinBlackBody fit has converged, and ... more 2025-04-25 11:58:41
Flux jump from white dwarfs Image placeholder Lasair Resources Use the jump1/jump2 lightcurve feature combined with the wat ... more 2025-04-25 12:03:08
SN II from TNS Image placeholder 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 Image placeholder Lasair Resources Catalog of Cataclysmic Variables (Downes+ 2001-2006) Vizier ... more 19,965 2024-08-02 08:04:29
GaiaWhiteDwarfsDR3 Image placeholder 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 Image placeholder Lasair Resources The Million Quasars (Milliquas) catalogue, version 8 (Flesch ... more 1,021,798 2025-04-25 10:48:32
E+A Galaxies Image placeholder Lasair Resources Galaxies liable to have a TDE. French & Zabludoff 2018 ht ... more 51,907 2025-04-25 10:51:39
Golovin nearby stars Image placeholder Lasair Resources Fifth Catalogue of Nearby Stars (CNS5) (Golovin+, 2023). Viz ... more 5,908 2025-04-25 10:56:38
Abell clusters Image placeholder Lasair Resources Abells catalog of galaxy clusters with 115 arcsec associatio ... more 2,712 2025-04-25 10:58:50
Strong lensing Image placeholder Lasair Resources Strong-lensing systems from 4 surveys (Cao+, 2015) 118 2025-04-25 11:00:10
Gaia nearby stars Image placeholder Lasair Resources Gaia Catalog of Nearby Stars (2021; VizieR J/A+A/649/A6/tabl ... more 331,312 2025-04-25 11:02:41

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 Image placeholder Lasair Resources Footprints of galaxies from theHECATE catalogue (hecate.ia.f ... more 0 2025-04-25 10:33:23
Galaxies within 50 Mpc Image placeholder Lasair Resources Footprints of galaxies from theHECATE catalogue (hecate.ia.f ... more 0 2025-04-25 10:35:03
Rubin ComCam Fields 2024 Image placeholder Lasair Resources Fields observed during commissioning with Rubin ComCam: http ... more 0 2025-04-25 10:36:44
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