[vsnet-grb 120396] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Mon Mar 29 10:09:21 JST 2010


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Mon 29 Mar 10 01:09:20 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.101d {+11h 04m 24s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.188d {+38d 11' 15"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 328.147d
SLEW_TIME:       4200.00 SOD {01:10:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15284 TJD;    88 DOY;   10/03/29
OBS_TIME:        1140.00 [sec]   (=19.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn 421 
TGT_NUM:         30352,   Seg_Num: 239
MERIT:           74.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:         7.57d {+00h 30m 17s}   +3.27d {+03d 16' 08"}
SUN_DIST:        134.13 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.6 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      172.60d {+11h 30m 23s}   -1.82d {-01d 49' 10"}
MOON_DIST:        40.38 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      98 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.89, 65.03 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      151.22, 29.48 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 290.85,20.58 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 3.52 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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