[vsnet-grb 156369] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Aug 23 21:43:36 JST 2011


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 23 Aug 11 12:43:35 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   245.033d {+16h 20m 08s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +17.366d {+17d 21' 58"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 291.534d
SLEW_TIME:       45840.00 SOD {12:44:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15796 TJD;   235 DOY;   11/08/23
OBS_TIME:        420.00 [sec]   (=7.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        SWIFT J1620.2+1723 
TGT_NUM:         45376,   Seg_Num: 7
MERIT:           49.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=426=0x1AA
SUN_POSTN:       152.14d {+10h 08m 33s}  +11.45d {+11d 27' 10"}
SUN_DIST:         89.44 [deg]   Sun_angle= -6.2 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       77.23d {+05h 08m 56s}  +23.11d {+23d 06' 49"}
MOON_DIST:       137.86 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      34 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       32.84, 41.07 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      239.17, 38.17 [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 31.35,19.80 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  


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