[vsnet-grb 105890] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Aug 25 10:51:59 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 25 Aug 09 01:51:59 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.809d {+14h 03m 14s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.393d {-41d 23' 33"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 293.149d
SLEW_TIME:       6720.00 SOD {01:52:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15068 TJD;   237 DOY;   09/08/25
OBS_TIME:        1200.00 [sec]   (=20.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90218,   Seg_Num: 43
MERIT:           84.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=4083=0xFF3
SUN_POSTN:       154.00d {+10h 16m 01s}  +10.76d {+10d 45' 31"}
SUN_DIST:         73.85 [deg]   Sun_angle= -3.8 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      209.69d {+13h 58m 45s}  -17.66d {-17d 39' 39"}
MOON_DIST:        23.80 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      26 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      317.13, 19.49 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      223.69,-26.99 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 151.09,18.83 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 3.10 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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