[vsnet-grb 456515] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed Aug 26 19:44:43 JST 2020


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Wed 26 Aug 20 10:44:43 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   183.966d {+12h 15m 52s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +53.410d {+53d 24' 37"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 225.839d
SLEW_TIME:       38700.00 SOD {10:45:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       19087 TJD;   239 DOY;   20/08/26
OBS_TIME:        1260.00 [sec]   (=21.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        RX J1259.9+5323 
TGT_NUM:         13669,   Seg_Num: 1
MERIT:           76.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=396=0x18C
SUN_POSTN:       155.57d {+10h 22m 17s}  +10.16d {+10d 09' 51"}
SUN_DIST:         48.87 [deg]   Sun_angle= -1.9 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      251.43d {+16h 45m 43s}  -21.01d {-21d 00' 48"}
MOON_DIST:        94.09 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      58 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      134.60, 62.90 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      154.66, 48.86 [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 43.11,-19.81 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.16) 10.29 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



More information about the vsnet-grb mailing list