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"message": "This endpoint is used to send a generic hermes message\n\n Requests should be structured as below:\n\n {title: <Title of the message>,\n topic: <kafka topic to post message to>, \n submitter: <submitter of the message>,\n authors: <Full list of authors on a message>,\n message_text: <Text of the message to send>,\n submit_to_tns: <Boolean of whether or not to submit this message to TNS along with hop>\n submit_to_mpc: <Boolean of whether or not to submit this message to MPC along with hop>\n submit_to_gcn: <Boolean of whether or not to submit this message to GCN along with hop>\n data: {\n references: [\n {\n source:\n citation:\n url:\n },\n ...\n ],\n extra_key1: value1,\n extra_key2: value2,\n ...\n extra_keyn: <Any key within data not used by the hermes message format will be passed through in the message>\n },\n event_id: <Nonlocalized event_id this message relates to>,\n targets: [\n {\n name: <Target name>,\n ra: <Target ra in decimal or sexigesimal format>,\n dec: <Target dec in decimal or sexigesimal format>,\n ra_error: <Error of ra>,\n dec_error: <Error of dec>,\n ra_error_units: <Units for ra_error>,\n dec_error_units: <Units for dec_error>,\n pm_ra: <RA proper motion in arcsec/year>,\n pm_dec: <Dec proper motion in arcsec/year>,\n epoch: <Epoch of reference frame>,\n new_discovery: <Boolean if this target is for a new discovery or not>\n orbital_elements: {\n epoch_of_elements: <Epoch of Elements in MJD>,\n orbital_inclination: <Orbital Inclination (i) in Degrees>,\n longitude_of_the_ascending_node: <Longitude of the Ascending Node (Ω) in Degrees>,\n argument_of_the_perihelion: <Argument of Periapsis (ω) in Degrees>,\n eccentricity: <Orbital Eccentricity (e)>,\n semimajor_axis: <Semimajor Axis (a) in AU>,\n mean_anomaly: <Mean Anomaly (M) in Degrees>,\n perihperihelion_distancedist: <Distance to the Perihelion (q) in AU>,\n epoch_of_perihelion: <Epoch of Perihelion passage (tp) in MJD>\n },\n discovery_info: {\n date: <Discovery date for new discoveries>,\n reporting_group: <TNS reporting group for TNS new discoveries>,\n discovery_source: <TNS source group for TNS new discoveries>,\n transient_type: <Type of source, one of PSN, nuc, PNV, AGN, or Other>,\n proprietary_period: <Duration that this discovery should be kept private>,\n proprietary_period_units: <Units for proprietary period, Days, seconds, Years>,\n nondetection_source: <Source Catalog for the last nondetection of this target>,\n nondetection_comments: <Comments about the last nondetection of this target>,\n },\n redshift: <>,\n host_name: <Host galaxy name>,\n host_redshift: <Redshift (z) of Host Galaxy>,\n aliases: [\n 'alias1',\n 'alias2',\n ...\n ],\n group_associations: [\n 'group one',\n 'group two',\n ...\n ],\n file_info: [{\n name: <file name>,\n description: <file description>,\n url: <url to access file> (optional)\n }],\n comments: <String of comments for the target>,\n }\n ],\n photometry: [\n {\n target_index: <Index of target list that this photometry relates to. Can be left out if there is only one target>,\n date_obs: <Date of the observation, in a parseable format or JD>,\n telescope: <Observation telescope>,\n instrument: <Observation instrument>,\n bandpass: <Wavelength band of the observation>,\n brightness: <Brightness of the observation>,\n brightness_error: <Brightness error of the observation>,\n brightness_unit: <Brightness units for the observation,\n current supported values: [AB mag, Vega mag, mJy, erg / s / cm² / Å]>,\n exposure_time: <Exposure time in seconds for this photometry>,\n observer: <The entity that observed this photometry data>,\n comments: <String of comments for the photometry>,\n limiting_brightness: <The minimum brightness at which the target is visible>,\n limiting_brightness_unit: <Unit for the limiting brightness>\n catalog: <Photometric catalog used to reduce this data>,\n }\n ],\n spectroscopy: [\n {\n target_index: <Index of target list that this specotroscopic datum relates to. Can be left out if there is only one target>,\n date_obs: <Date of the observation, in a parseable format or JD>,\n telescope: <specotroscopic datum telescope>,\n instrument: <specotroscopic datum instrument>,\n setup: <>,\n flux: [<Flux values of the specotroscopic datum>],\n flux_error: [ <Flux error values of the specotroscopic datum>],\n flux_units: <Flux units for the specotroscopic datum,\n current supported values: [AB mag, Vega mag, mJy, erg / s / cm² / Å]>\n wavelength: [<Wavelength values for this spectroscopic datum>],\n wavelength_units: <Units for the wavelength>,\n file_info: [{\n name: <file name>,\n description: <file description>,\n url: <url to access file> (optional)\n }]\n classification: <TNS classification for this specotroscopic datum>,\n proprietary_period: <>,\n proprietary_period_units: <>,\n exposure_time: <Exposure time in seconds for this spectroscopic datum>,\n observer: <The entity that observed this spectroscopic datum>,\n reducer: <The entity that reduced this spectroscopic datum>,\n comments: <String of comments for the spectroscopic datum>,\n spec_type: <>\n }\n ],\n astrometry: [\n {\n date_obs: <Date of the observation, in a parseable format or JD>,\n telescope: <Astrometry telescope>,\n instrument: <Astrometry instrument>,\n ra: <Target ra in decimal or sexigesimal format>,\n dec: <Target dec in decimal or sexigesimal format>,\n ra_error: <Error of ra>,\n dec_error: <Error of dec>,\n ra_error_units: <Units for ra error>,\n dec_error_units: <Units for dec error>,\n mpc_sitecode: <MPC Site code for this data>,\n catalog: <Astrometric catalog used to reduce this data>,\n comments: <String of comments for the astrometric datum>\n }\n ],\n }\n }\n "
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