[vsnet-grb 185287] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Sep 18 19:00:54 JST 2012


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 18 Sep 12 10:00:53 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   346.158d {+23h 04m 38s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -51.441d {-51d 26' 28"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 185.940d
SLEW_TIME:       36060.00 SOD {10:01:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       16188 TJD;   262 DOY;   12/09/18
OBS_TIME:        1260.00 [sec]   (=21.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        RX J2304.6-5127 
TGT_NUM:         40841,   Seg_Num: 4
MERIT:           40.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=12525=0x30ED
SUN_POSTN:       176.23d {+11h 44m 54s}   +1.63d {+01d 38' 02"}
SUN_DIST:        129.57 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.3 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      204.04d {+13h 36m 10s}  -12.92d {-12d 55' 17"}
MOON_DIST:       107.86 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      7 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      335.29,-58.45 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      323.50,-41.16 [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 160.04,2.73 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  


More information about the vsnet-grb mailing list