[vsnet-grb 120021] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Tue Mar 23 23:01:39 JST 2010


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 23 Mar 10 14:01:38 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.844d {+14h 03m 22s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.361d {-41d 21' 38"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 151.924d
SLEW_TIME:       50520.00 SOD {14:02:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15278 TJD;    82 DOY;   10/03/23
OBS_TIME:        540.00 [sec]   (=9.0 [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:         2.60d {+00h 10m 24s}   +1.13d {+01d 07' 32"}
SUN_DIST:        132.27 [deg]   Sun_angle= 10.1 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       94.91d {+06h 19m 38s}  +24.43d {+24d 25' 52"}
MOON_DIST:       125.02 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      52 [%]
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 231.84,-0.78 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 3.86 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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