diff --git a/examples/14_Import_Astropy_Table.ipynb b/examples/14_Import_Astropy_Table.ipynb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7af8eea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/14_Import_Astropy_Table.ipynb
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "6b6dc38b-1941-4323-9990-f2caf2330325",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# Import Astropy Table\n",
+    "This notebook shows how you can import an astropy table as a selection region "
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "04719ca3-019c-4806-9453-0564773099d0",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "from ipyaladin import Aladin\n",
+    "\n",
+    "from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord\n",
+    "from astroquery.mast import Catalogs"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "cc554318-c26d-4f9e-8f2e-9fd1ec19a005",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "%load_ext autoreload\n",
+    "%autoreload 2"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "15efe516-e4e1-448c-a5bc-959215682254",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "aladin = Aladin(\n",
+    "    survey=\"SDSS9 colored\",\n",
+    "    show_coo_grid=True,\n",
+    "    target=\"TRAPPIST-1\",\n",
+    "    coo_frame=\"icrs\",\n",
+    "    fov=0.05,\n",
+    "    height=400,\n",
+    "    samp=True,\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "aladin"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "5892695a-9915-4835-bd8b-a6f9a049a496",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "### Add a custom catalog\n",
+    "load a custom catalog that we want to select"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "a8c9b374-ede2-46a1-95c1-6e44072dde20",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "target_name = \"TRAPPIST-1\"\n",
+    "catalog_data = Catalogs.query_region(\n",
+    "    coordinates=SkyCoord.from_name(target_name),\n",
+    "    radius=0.01,  # [deg]\n",
+    "    catalog=\"Panstarrs\",\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "catalog_data.rename_columns([\"raMean\", \"decMean\"], [\"ra\", \"dec\"])\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
+    "aladin.add_table(\n",
+    "    catalog_data, name=\"test-table\", color=\"lime\", shape=\"circle\", source_size=10\n",
+    ")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "b1d279fc-7a46-4d7e-a4ae-1ff739a6c1a5",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "Once the catalog is loaded, you can select all of the sources that match on the provided keys. "
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "67fcab46-281d-4012-bd09-d35652be8045",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "aladin.select_table(catalog_data, keys=[\"objID\"])"
+   ]
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {},
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 5
+}
diff --git a/js/models/event_handler.js b/js/models/event_handler.js
index 935cf562..c4c23dd5 100644
--- a/js/models/event_handler.js
+++ b/js/models/event_handler.js
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ export default class EventHandler {
       change_colormap: this.messageHandler.handleChangeColormap,
       get_JPG_thumbnail: this.messageHandler.handleGetJPGThumbnail,
       trigger_selection: this.messageHandler.handleTriggerSelection,
+      trigger_selection_by_table:
+        this.messageHandler.handleTriggerSelectionByTable,
       add_table: this.messageHandler.handleAddTable,
     };
 
diff --git a/js/models/message_handler.js b/js/models/message_handler.js
index 97f30e45..2cb32e48 100644
--- a/js/models/message_handler.js
+++ b/js/models/message_handler.js
@@ -155,6 +155,27 @@ export default class MessageHandler {
     this.aladin.select(selectionType);
   }
 
+  handleTriggerSelectionByTable(msg) {
+    let sources = msg["table"];
+    let keys = msg["keys"];
+    let sourcesByCatalog = this.aladin.view.catalogs
+      .map((cat) => {
+        if (!cat.isShowing) {
+          return;
+        }
+        return cat.getSources().filter((source) =>
+          sources.some((s) =>
+            keys.every((key) => {
+              return s[key] == source.data[key];
+            }),
+          ),
+        );
+      })
+      .filter((n) => n.length);
+
+    this.aladin.view.selectObjects(sourcesByCatalog);
+  }
+
   handleAddTable(msg, buffers) {
     const options = convertOptionNamesToCamelCase(msg["options"] || {});
     const buffer = buffers[0].buffer;
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 944f5a63..a379b72a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ docs = ["autoapi",
     "sphinx-collections",
     "sphinx-copybutton",
     "sphinx-gallery",
-    "pydata-sphinx-theme"
+    "pydata-sphinx-theme",
+    "pandas"
 ]
 
 # automatically add the dev feature to the default env (e.g., hatch shell)
diff --git a/src/ipyaladin/widget.py b/src/ipyaladin/widget.py
index 5661d361..0cf313fe 100644
--- a/src/ipyaladin/widget.py
+++ b/src/ipyaladin/widget.py
@@ -928,6 +928,27 @@ def selection(self, selection_type: str = "rectangle") -> None:
             raise ValueError("selection_type must be 'circle' or 'rectangle'")
         self.send({"event_name": "trigger_selection", "selection_type": selection_type})
 
+    def select_table(self, table: Table, keys: List[str]) -> None:
+        """Trigger selection of sources included in the user defined table.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        __________
+        table: Table
+            The astropy table containing the sources the user wishes to select.
+        keys: List[str]
+            The list of keys in the astropy table to use to identifiy a source.
+
+        """
+        table_dict = table.to_pandas()[keys].to_dict("records")
+        self.send(
+            {
+                "event_name": "trigger_selection_by_table",
+                "table": table_dict,
+                "keys": keys,
+            }
+        )
+
     def rectangular_selection(self) -> None:
         """Trigger the rectangular selection tool.