[vsnet-grb 119989] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Mar 23 09:23:30 JST 2010


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 23 Mar 10 00:23:28 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.108d {+11h 04m 26s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.184d {+38d 11' 04"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 347.242d
SLEW_TIME:       1440.00 SOD {00:24:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15278 TJD;    82 DOY;   10/03/23
OBS_TIME:        1140.00 [sec]   (=19.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn 421 
TGT_NUM:         30352,   Seg_Num: 236
MERIT:           74.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:         2.08d {+00h 08m 19s}   +0.90d {+00d 54' 06"}
SUN_DIST:        138.33 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.9 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       86.30d {+05h 45m 12s}  +25.15d {+25d 08' 59"}
MOON_DIST:        67.25 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      45 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.89, 65.04 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      151.23, 29.48 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 261.41,1.01 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 3.57 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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