[vsnet-grb 191194] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed Dec 5 06:19:19 JST 2012


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 04 Dec 12 21:19:19 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   194.868d {+12h 59m 28s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:   -3.988d {-03d 59' 15"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 119.255d
SLEW_TIME:       76800.00 SOD {21:20:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       16265 TJD;   339 DOY;   12/12/04
OBS_TIME:        960.00 [sec]   (=16.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        abell 1651 offset 
TGT_NUM:         49401,   Seg_Num: 4
MERIT:           60.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=286=0x11E
SUN_POSTN:       251.72d {+16h 46m 53s}  -22.37d {-22d 22' 23"}
SUN_DIST:         57.75 [deg]   Sun_angle= 3.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      142.95d {+09h 31m 47s}   +9.05d {+09d 03' 16"}
MOON_DIST:        53.55 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      68 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      306.80, 58.82 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      195.23,  2.18 [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 162.00,19.46 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.79) 10.91 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  


More information about the vsnet-grb mailing list