[vsnet-grb 121996] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Apr 21 19:49:15 JST 2010


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Wed 21 Apr 10 10:49:14 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   337.486d {+22h 29m 57s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +26.740d {+26d 44' 24"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 107.437d
SLEW_TIME:       39000.00 SOD {10:50:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15307 TJD;   111 DOY;   10/04/21
OBS_TIME:        360.00 [sec]   (=6.0 [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:        29.09d {+01h 56m 21s}  +11.90d {+11d 54' 04"}
SUN_DIST:         50.44 [deg]   Sun_angle= 3.4 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      118.97d {+07h 55m 52s}  +19.62d {+19d 37' 02"}
MOON_DIST:       120.36 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      47 [%]
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 15.29,12.28 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.79) 10.43 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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