[vsnet-grb 111943] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Nov 18 20:45:57 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Wed 18 Nov 09 11:45:57 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.134d {+11h 04m 32s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.223d {+38d 13' 24"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 125.821d
SLEW_TIME:       42360.00 SOD {11:46:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15153 TJD;   322 DOY;   09/11/18
OBS_TIME:        660.00 [sec]   (=11.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn 421 
TGT_NUM:         31540,   Seg_Num: 5
MERIT:           98.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:       233.95d {+15h 35m 49s}  -19.32d {-19d 18' 58"}
SUN_DIST:         85.57 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.5 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      254.43d {+16h 57m 43s}  -25.63d {-25d 37' 50"}
MOON_DIST:       104.15 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.79, 65.04 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      151.23, 29.52 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 340.28,-2.26 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 1.10 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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