Realtime alerts of the transient sky on mobile devices
P. Reichherzer, F. Sch\"ussler, V. Lefranc, A. Alkan, J. Becker Tjus

TL;DR
This paper introduces Astro-COLIBRI, a mobile tool that provides real-time alerts for transient astronomical events, enhancing follow-up observations through instant notifications and data visualization on smartphones.
Contribution
It presents a comprehensive architecture for real-time transient alerts, integrating databases, APIs, and mobile apps for immediate user notification and event assessment.
Findings
Effective real-time alert delivery via mobile devices
Integration of observatory data for observing conditions
Enhanced coordination in transient follow-up observations
Abstract
Follow-up observations of transient events are crucial in multimessenger astronomy. We present Astro-COLIBRI as a tool that informs users about flaring events in real-time via push notifications on their mobile phones, thus contributing to enhanced coordination of follow-up observations. We show the software's architecture that comprises a REST API, both a static and a real-time database, a cloud-based alert system, as well as a website and apps for iOS and Android as clients for users. The latter provide a graphical representation with a summary of the relevant data to allow for the fast identification of interesting phenomena along with an assessment of observing conditions at a large selection of observatories around the world in real-time.
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Taxonomy
TopicsAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation · Astronomy and Astrophysical Research · Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
