Cross-Observatory Coordination with tilepy: A Novel Tool for Observations of Multi-Messenger Transient Events

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Main Authors: Seglar-Arroyo, Monica, Ashkar, Halim, de Lavergne, Mathieu de Bony, Schüssler, Fabian
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author Seglar-Arroyo, Monica
Ashkar, Halim
de Lavergne, Mathieu de Bony
Schüssler, Fabian
author_facet Seglar-Arroyo, Monica
Ashkar, Halim
de Lavergne, Mathieu de Bony
Schüssler, Fabian
contents Time-domain astrophysics has leaped forward with the direct discovery of gravitational waves and the emergence of new generation instruments for multi-messenger studies. The capacity of the multi-messenger multi-wavelength community to effectively pursue follow-up observations is hindered by the suboptimal localization of numerous transient events and the escalating volume of alerts. Thus, we have developed an effective tool to overcome the observational and technical hurdles inherent in the emerging field of multi-messenger astrophysics. We present tilepy, a Python package for the automatic scheduling of follow-up observations of poorly localized transient events. It is ideally suited to tackle the challenge of complex follow-up in mid and small-FoV telescope campaigns, with or without human intervention. We demonstrate the capabilities of tilepy in the realm of multi-observatory, multi-wavelength campaigns, to cover the localization uncertainty region of various events ultimately aiming at pinpointing the source of the multi-messenger emission. The tilepy code is publicly available on GitHub and is sufficiently flexible to be employed either automatically or in a customized manner, tailored to collaboration and individual requirements. tilepy is also accessible via a public API and through the Astro-COLIBRI platform.
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spellingShingle Cross-Observatory Coordination with tilepy: A Novel Tool for Observations of Multi-Messenger Transient Events
Seglar-Arroyo, Monica
Ashkar, Halim
de Lavergne, Mathieu de Bony
Schüssler, Fabian
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Time-domain astrophysics has leaped forward with the direct discovery of gravitational waves and the emergence of new generation instruments for multi-messenger studies. The capacity of the multi-messenger multi-wavelength community to effectively pursue follow-up observations is hindered by the suboptimal localization of numerous transient events and the escalating volume of alerts. Thus, we have developed an effective tool to overcome the observational and technical hurdles inherent in the emerging field of multi-messenger astrophysics. We present tilepy, a Python package for the automatic scheduling of follow-up observations of poorly localized transient events. It is ideally suited to tackle the challenge of complex follow-up in mid and small-FoV telescope campaigns, with or without human intervention. We demonstrate the capabilities of tilepy in the realm of multi-observatory, multi-wavelength campaigns, to cover the localization uncertainty region of various events ultimately aiming at pinpointing the source of the multi-messenger emission. The tilepy code is publicly available on GitHub and is sufficiently flexible to be employed either automatically or in a customized manner, tailored to collaboration and individual requirements. tilepy is also accessible via a public API and through the Astro-COLIBRI platform.
title Cross-Observatory Coordination with tilepy: A Novel Tool for Observations of Multi-Messenger Transient Events
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.18076