[vsnet-grb 110465] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Thu Oct 29 11:13:30 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 29 Oct 09 02:13:30 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:    32.696d {+02h 10m 47s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -50.992d {-50d 59' 32"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 170.100d
SLEW_TIME:       8040.00 SOD {02:14:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15133 TJD;   302 DOY;   09/10/29
OBS_TIME:        780.00 [sec]   (=13.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        PKS0208-512 
TGT_NUM:         35002,   Seg_Num: 40
MERIT:           76.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=12525=0x30ED
SUN_POSTN:       213.48d {+14h 13m 56s}  -13.45d {-13d 27' 00"}
SUN_DIST:        115.60 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.9 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      339.57d {+22h 38m 17s}   -4.82d {-04d 49' 27"}
MOON_DIST:        63.82 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      78 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      276.06,-61.80 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:        0.31,-58.02 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 228.69,-18.19 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.12) 10.64 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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