[vsnet-grb 185101] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Sun Sep 16 02:41:19 JST 2012


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 15 Sep 12 17:41:19 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   251.183d {+16h 44m 44s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +57.583d {+57d 34' 60"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 270.155d
SLEW_TIME:       63720.00 SOD {17:42:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       16185 TJD;   259 DOY;   12/09/15
OBS_TIME:        960.00 [sec]   (=16.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Swift J164449.3+573451 
TGT_NUM:         32526,   Seg_Num: 31
MERIT:           82.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=8217=0x2019
SUN_POSTN:       173.82d {+11h 35m 18s}   +2.67d {+02d 40' 12"}
SUN_DIST:         81.02 [deg]   Sun_angle= -5.2 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      167.57d {+11h 10m 16s}   +0.18d {+00d 10' 37"}
MOON_DIST:        86.46 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      0 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       86.71, 39.45 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      216.89, 77.51 [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 7.58,-16.25 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  


More information about the vsnet-grb mailing list