[vsnet-grb 110391] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed Oct 28 05:53:39 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 27 Oct 09 20:53:39 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   262.964d {+17h 31m 51s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -33.837d {-33d 50' 14"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 276.312d
SLEW_TIME:       75240.00 SOD {20:54:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15131 TJD;   300 DOY;   09/10/27
OBS_TIME:        780.00 [sec]   (=13.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        4U 1728-34 
TGT_NUM:         30964,   Seg_Num: 2
MERIT:           76.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=0=0x0  UVOT=396=0x18C
SUN_POSTN:       212.30d {+14h 09m 12s}  -13.04d {-13d 02' 33"}
SUN_DIST:         50.45 [deg]   Sun_angle= -3.4 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      326.02d {+21h 44m 04s}  -10.99d {-10d 59' 06"}
MOON_DIST:        61.47 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      67 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      354.29, -0.13 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      264.06,-10.54 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 214.09,-5.40 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.44) 8.12 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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