[vsnet-grb 120013] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Tue Mar 23 19:23:19 JST 2010


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 23 Mar 10 10:23:18 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.843d {+14h 03m 22s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.361d {-41d 21' 38"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 153.023d
SLEW_TIME:       37440.00 SOD {10:24:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15278 TJD;    82 DOY;   10/03/23
OBS_TIME:        480.00 [sec]   (=8.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90218,   Seg_Num: 81
MERIT:           84.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=4083=0xFF3
SUN_POSTN:         2.46d {+00h 09m 50s}   +1.07d {+01d 03' 57"}
SUN_DIST:        132.15 [deg]   Sun_angle= 10.1 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       92.61d {+06h 10m 26s}  +24.67d {+24d 40' 18"}
MOON_DIST:       126.88 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      50 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      317.16, 19.51 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      223.70,-26.95 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 171.52,18.76 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 3.88 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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