[vsnet-grb 225333] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mon Feb 24 16:29:38 JST 2014


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Mon 24 Feb 14 07:29:38 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.123d {+11h 04m 30s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.185d {+38d 11' 06"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  18.451d
SLEW_TIME:       27000.00 SOD {07:30:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       16712 TJD;    55 DOY;   14/02/24
OBS_TIME:        600.00 [sec]   (=10.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn 421 
TGT_NUM:         35014,   Seg_Num: 110
MERIT:           74.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:       337.41d {+22h 29m 38s}   -9.45d {-09d 27' 15"}
SUN_DIST:        150.25 [deg]   Sun_angle= 11.4 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      266.13d {+17h 44m 31s}  -19.06d {-19d 03' 27"}
MOON_DIST:       109.16 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      32 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.88, 65.05 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      151.24, 29.49 [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 228.54,-12.14 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 3.39 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  


More information about the vsnet-grb mailing list