[vsnet-grb 168667] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Sun Feb 19 08:59:52 JST 2012


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 18 Feb 12 23:59:51 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.853d {+14h 03m 25s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.370d {-41d 22' 12"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 119.794d
SLEW_TIME:       0.00 SOD {00:00:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       15976 TJD;    50 DOY;   12/02/19
OBS_TIME:        1140.00 [sec]   (=19.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC 5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         31978,   Seg_Num: 139
MERIT:           66.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=346=0x15A
SUN_POSTN:       331.84d {+22h 07m 21s}  -11.56d {-11d 33' 49"}
SUN_DIST:        104.09 [deg]   Sun_angle= 8.1 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      295.37d {+19h 41m 28s}  -17.84d {-17d 50' 20"}
MOON_DIST:        74.14 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      9 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      317.17, 19.50 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      223.72,-26.96 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice to a preplanned target.  
COMMENTS:        Note that preplanned targets are overridden by any new BAT Automated Target.  
COMMENTS:        Note that preplanned targets are overridden by any TOO Target if the TOO has a higher Merit Value.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 349.08,2.87 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 3.22 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  


More information about the vsnet-grb mailing list