[vsnet-grb 16035] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Jan 31 08:34:42 JST 2006


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Mon 30 Jan 06 23:34:42 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   255.260d {+17h 01m 02s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -46.230d {-46d 13' 47"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  87.833d
SLEW_TIME:       84900.00 SOD {23:35:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       13766 TJD;    31 DOY;   06/01/31
OBS_TIME:        1500.00 [sec]   (=25.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        XTE J1701-462 
MERIT:           50.00
SUN_POSTN:       313.40d {+20h 53m 36s}  -17.48d {-17d 29' 02"}
SUN_DIST:         55.51 [deg]   Sun_angle= 3.9 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      333.69d {+22h 14m 47s}  -14.09d {-14d 05' 11"}
MOON_DIST:        71.85 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      340.79, -2.52 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      258.95,-23.35 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 85.86,-0.31 [deg].  



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