[vsnet-grb 121987] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Apr 21 16:36:31 JST 2010


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Wed 21 Apr 10 07:36:30 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   337.485d {+22h 29m 56s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +26.740d {+26d 44' 25"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 108.033d
SLEW_TIME:       27420.00 SOD {07:37:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15307 TJD;   111 DOY;   10/04/21
OBS_TIME:        480.00 [sec]   (=8.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        PSR J2229+2643 
TGT_NUM:         40411,   Seg_Num: 2
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=0=0x0  UVOT=396=0x18C
SUN_POSTN:        28.96d {+01h 55m 51s}  +11.86d {+11d 51' 20"}
SUN_DIST:         50.35 [deg]   Sun_angle= 3.4 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      117.04d {+07h 48m 10s}  +20.13d {+20d 07' 51"}
MOON_DIST:       118.79 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      45 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       87.72,-26.29 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      350.72, 33.29 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 63.12,12.69 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.79) 10.42 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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