The study of flaring astrophysical events in the multi-messenger approach requires instantaneous follow-up observations to better understand the nature of these events through complementary observational data. We present Astro-COLIBRI as a platform that integrates specific tools in the real-time multi-messenger ecosystem. The Astro-COLIBRI platform bundles and evaluates alerts about transients from various channels. It further automates the coordination of follow-up observations by providing and linking detailed information through its comprehensible graphical user interface. We present the functionalities with documented examples of Astro-COLIBRI usage through the community since its public release in August 2021. We highlight the use cases of Astro-COLIBRI for planning follow-up observations by professional and amateur astronomers, as well as checking predictions from theoretical models.
@article{arxiv.2212.00805,
title = {Astro-COLIBRI 2 -- an advanced platform for real-time multi-messenger discoveries},
author = {P. Reichherzer and F. Schüssler and V. Lefranc and J. Becker Tjus and J. Mourier and A. K. Alkan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.00805},
year = {2023}
}
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Accepted in Galaxies; Platform website: www.astro-colibri.com