[vsnet-grb 129234] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Fri Aug 6 22:09:59 JST 2010


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 06 Aug 10 13:09:59 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   186.956d {+12h 27m 49s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -48.892d {-48d 53' 28"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 301.460d
SLEW_TIME:       47400.00 SOD {13:10:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15414 TJD;   218 DOY;   10/08/06
OBS_TIME:        240.00 [sec]   (=4.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        1FGL J1227.9-4852 
TGT_NUM:         41383,   Seg_Num: 1
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=0=0x0  UVOT=346=0x15A
SUN_POSTN:       136.44d {+09h 05m 45s}  +16.63d {+16d 38' 03"}
SUN_DIST:         79.46 [deg]   Sun_angle= -3.4 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       84.28d {+05h 37m 07s}  +24.75d {+24d 45' 10"}
MOON_DIST:       116.62 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      17 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      298.94, 13.80 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      209.73,-41.27 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice to a preplanned target.  
COMMENTS:        Note that preplanned targets are overriden by any new BAT Automated Target.  
COMMENTS:        Note that preplanned targets are overriden by any TOO Target if the TOO has a higher Merit Value.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 7.75,-18.91 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.26) 10.15 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  


More information about the vsnet-grb mailing list