[vsnet-grb 118843] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Thu Feb 25 15:01:42 JST 2010


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 25 Feb 10 06:01:41 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.126d {+11h 04m 30s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.187d {+38d 11' 13"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  29.532d
SLEW_TIME:       21720.00 SOD {06:02:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15252 TJD;    56 DOY;   10/02/25
OBS_TIME:        1020.00 [sec]   (=17.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn 421 
TGT_NUM:         30352,   Seg_Num: 213
MERIT:           90.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:       338.27d {+22h 33m 05s}   -9.12d {-09d 07' 03"}
SUN_DIST:        150.11 [deg]   Sun_angle= 11.5 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      110.08d {+07h 20m 20s}  +22.15d {+22d 09' 02"}
MOON_DIST:        50.34 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      84 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.87, 65.05 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      151.24, 29.49 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 205.81,-3.43 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 3.27 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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