[vsnet-grb 121101] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Thu Apr 8 09:11:21 JST 2010


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 08 Apr 10 00:11:19 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.101d {+11h 04m 24s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.187d {+38d 11' 14"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 329.478d
SLEW_TIME:       720.00 SOD {00:12:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15294 TJD;    98 DOY;   10/04/08
OBS_TIME:        1440.00 [sec]   (=24.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn 421 
TGT_NUM:         31202,   Seg_Num: 10
MERIT:           90.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:        16.66d {+01h 06m 38s}   +7.08d {+07d 05' 03"}
SUN_DIST:        126.66 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      307.46d {+20h 29m 50s}  -17.34d {-17d 20' 35"}
MOON_DIST:       140.29 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      35 [%]
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 231.98,20.42 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 3.53 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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