[vsnet-grb 106152] GCN/SWIFT_FOM_OBSERVE

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Sat Aug 29 08:11:02 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 28 Aug 09 23:11:01 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-FOM Will_NOT_Observe
TRIGGER_NUM:     361129,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          130.184d {+08h 40m 44s} (J2000),
                 130.266d {+08h 41m 04s} (current),
                 129.756d {+08h 39m 02s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -45.061d {-45d 03' 37"} (J2000),
                 -45.095d {-45d 05' 42"} (current),
                 -44.882d {-44d 52' 53"} (1950)
GRB_DATE:        15071 TJD;   240 DOY;   09/08/28
GRB_TIME:        83362.96 SOD {23:09:22.96} UT
TRIGGER_INDEX:   20000
RATE_SIGNIF:     0.00 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    10.26 [sigma]
FLAGS:           0x0
MERIT:           98.39
SUN_POSTN:       157.56d {+10h 30m 14s}   +9.40d {+09d 23' 50"}
SUN_DIST:         59.78 [deg]   Sun_angle= 1.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      261.60d {+17h 26m 23s}  -26.44d {-26d 26' 38"}
MOON_DIST:        95.85 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      64 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      264.04, -1.96 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      154.90,-59.78 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Figure-of-Merit decision.  
COMMENTS:        This was NOT of sufficient merit to become the new Automated Target.  
COMMENTS:        FOM will NOT request the s/c to slew.  
COMMENTS:        This matches a source in the ground catalog: IGR J08408-4503,   delta=0.019 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.71) 8.00 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:           
COMMENTS:        The next comments were copied from the BAT_POS Notice:  
COMMENTS:        This is an image trigger.  (The RATE_SIGNIF is undefined.)  
COMMENTS:        A point_source was found.  
COMMENTS:        This matches a source in the on-board catalog.  
COMMENTS:        This is not a GRB.  
COMMENTS:        This is an interesting source.  
COMMENTS:        This trigger occurred at longitude,latitude = 224.07,16.41 [deg].  



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