[vsnet-grb 106137] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Sat Aug 29 03:56:19 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 28 Aug 09 18:56:19 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:    20.733d {+01h 22m 56s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +34.321d {+34d 19' 17"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  43.887d
SLEW_TIME:       68220.00 SOD {18:57:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15071 TJD;   240 DOY;   09/08/28
OBS_TIME:        1680.00 [sec]   (=28.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        SWIFT J0122.9+3420 
TGT_NUM:         37298,   Seg_Num: 3
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=396=0x18C
SUN_POSTN:       157.40d {+10h 29m 35s}   +9.46d {+09d 27' 36"}
SUN_DIST:        119.87 [deg]   Sun_angle= 9.1 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      259.23d {+17h 16m 56s}  -26.45d {-26d 27' 13"}
MOON_DIST:       129.73 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      63 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      130.30,-28.10 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:       32.52, 23.64 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 13.10,-10.44 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.29) 9.72 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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