<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18116">Hi Peter, <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18130">I have not had that reply. Copied here is the reply to my last batch <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18149">Denis</div><div><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18129"><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18150"><br><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18307"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18308"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18309"> <dd id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18310"> <ul role="presentation" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18311"><li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18312"> <span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18313"> <span data-name="autoack@ubasti.cfa.harvard.edu" data-address="autoack@ubasti.cfa.harvard.edu" data-action="contact-card-menu" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18314"> <a role="button" title="autoack@ubasti.cfa.harvard.edu" href="mailto:autoack@ubasti.cfa.harvard.edu" tabindex="0" dir="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18315">autoack@ubasti.cfa.harvard.edu <span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18316"></span></a> </span> </span> </li><li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18317"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18318"></li><li title="Fri, 12 Jan 2018 at 21:00" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18319"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18320"> 12 Jan at 9:00 <span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18321">PM</span></span></li></ul></dd> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18322"> <dl role="presentation" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18323"><dt id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18324">To</dt><dd role="presentation" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18325"> <ul title="All recipients" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18326"><li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18327"> <a href="mailto:BUCZYNSKI8166@btinternet.com" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18328"> <span role="button" tabindex="0" data-action="contact-card-menu" data-name="BUCZYNSKI8166@btinternet.com" data-address="BUCZYNSKI8166@btinternet.com" title="BUCZYNSKI8166@btinternet.com" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18329">BUCZYNSKI8166@btinternet.com</span> </a> </li></ul> </dd><dd id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18330"> <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18331"></dd></dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3 id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18332">Message body</h3> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18333">The receipt of a message (probably containing observations) is hereby<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18334"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18335">acknowledged.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18336"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18337"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18338"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18339">Your message's ACK identification string is:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18340"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18341">MPCReport file updated 2018.01.12 20:54:57<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18342"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18343"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18344"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18345">The formatting code returned the following statistics:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18346"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18347">Number of header lines read = 7<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18348"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18349">Number of observation lines read = 35<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18350"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18351"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18352"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18353">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18354"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18355"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18356"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18357">FEEDBACK ON COMPLIANCE OF YOUR HEADER'S TEL LINE WITH THE DOCUMENTATION<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18358"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18359"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18360"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18361">Your submission contained the following TEL line:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18362"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18363">TEL 0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD + f/6 focal reducer<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18364"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18365">This is what our processing software read or converted it to:<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18366"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18367">TEL 0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD + f/6 focal reducer<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18368"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18369"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18370"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18371"> *** Your TEL line was formatted correctly ***<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18372"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18373">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18374"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18375"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18376"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18377">If we need to communicate designations or problems to you, a further message<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18378"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18379">will follow when this batch has been processed.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18380"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18381"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18382"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18383">**IMPORTANT NOTICE**<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18384"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18385">Note that at times (particularly near New Moon or during northern-<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18386"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18387">hemisphere fall/winter) it may take 48 hours (or more) to get designations<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18388"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18389">for new objects back to you.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18390"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18391"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18392"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18393">Although your message is being acknowledged now, it is not<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18394"></div><div dir="ltr">guaranteed that it will be processed immediately.</div></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18154" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18153"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18152"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18151"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18156" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516719497289_18155" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Peter Carson <petercarson100@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> BAA comet group <comets-disc@britastro.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 23 January 2018, 15:37<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [BAA Comets] MPC Acknowledgement<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div dir="ltr">Hi All,<br></div><div dir="ltr">I've just noticed that whenever I send an astrometry report to the MPC I get <br></div><div dir="ltr">an automatic acknowledgment that says "Number of observation lines read = <br></div><div dir="ltr">0"<br></div><div dir="ltr">What does this mean? Hopefully it doesn't indicate that the the MPC's <br></div><div dir="ltr">computer didn't read any of my observations.<br></div><div dir="ltr">See example below.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Peter Carson<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-----Original Message----- <br></div><div dir="ltr">From: <a ymailto="mailto:autoack@ubasti.cfa.harvard.edu" href="mailto:autoack@ubasti.cfa.harvard.edu">autoack@ubasti.cfa.harvard.edu</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 3:04 PM<br></div><div dir="ltr">To: <a ymailto="mailto:PETERCARSON100@gmail.com" href="mailto:PETERCARSON100@gmail.com">PETERCARSON100@gmail.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: Acknowledgement<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The receipt of a message (probably containing observations) is hereby<br></div><div dir="ltr">acknowledged.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Your message's ACK identification string is:<br></div><div dir="ltr">MPCReport file updated 2018.01.21 20:21:50<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The formatting code returned the following statistics:<br></div><div dir="ltr">Number of header lines read = 7<br></div><div dir="ltr">Number of observation lines read = 0<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">FEEDBACK ON COMPLIANCE OF YOUR HEADER'S TEL LINE WITH THE DOCUMENTATION<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Your submission contained the following TEL line:<br></div><div dir="ltr">TEL 0.32-m reflector + CCD + f/5.4 focal reducer<br></div><div dir="ltr">This is what our processing software read or converted it to:<br></div><div dir="ltr">TEL 0.32-m reflector + CCD + f/5.4 focal reducer<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> *** Your TEL line was formatted correctly ***<br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">If we need to communicate designations or problems to you, a further message<br></div><div dir="ltr">will follow when this batch has been processed.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">**IMPORTANT NOTICE**<br></div><div dir="ltr">Note that at times (particularly near New Moon or during northern-<br></div><div dir="ltr">hemisphere fall/winter) it may take 48 hours (or more) to get designations<br></div><div dir="ltr">for new objects back to you.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Although your message is being acknowledged now, it is not<br></div><div dir="ltr">guaranteed that it will be processed immediately.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Please do not respond to this message! <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">Comets-disc mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a ymailto="mailto:Comets-disc@lists.britastro.org" href="mailto:Comets-disc@lists.britastro.org">Comets-disc@lists.britastro.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://lists.britastro.org/mailman/listinfo/comets-disc" target="_blank">http://lists.britastro.org/mailman/listinfo/comets-disc</a><br></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>