[vsnet-grb 172475] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mon Apr 9 06:06:49 JST 2012


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 08 Apr 12 21:06:48 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   289.556d {+19h 18m 13s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +11.582d {+11d 34' 56"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  72.863d
SLEW_TIME:       76020.00 SOD {21:07:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       16025 TJD;    99 DOY;   12/04/08
OBS_TIME:        660.00 [sec]   (=11.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        swift_gal_survey_2680 
TGT_NUM:         44903,   Seg_Num: 1
MERIT:           90.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=346=0x15A
SUN_POSTN:        17.93d {+01h 11m 44s}   +7.60d {+07d 36' 07"}
SUN_DIST:         86.76 [deg]   Sun_angle= 5.9 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      225.78d {+15h 03m 08s}  -18.96d {-18d 57' 32"}
MOON_DIST:        70.00 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      94 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       46.28, -0.58 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      293.15, 33.46 [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 11.30,-0.22 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.28) 6.04 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  


More information about the vsnet-grb mailing list