[vsnet-grb 250875] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Tue Jan 13 14:31:29 JST 2015


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 13 Jan 15 05:31:29 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.144d {+11h 04m 35s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.202d {+38d 12' 07"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  73.781d
SLEW_TIME:       19920.00 SOD {05:32:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       17035 TJD;    13 DOY;   15/01/13
OBS_TIME:        1140.00 [sec]   (=19.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn 421 
TGT_NUM:         35014,   Seg_Num: 160
MERIT:           74.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:       294.50d {+19h 38m 01s}  -21.53d {-21d 31' 36"}
SUN_DIST:        132.74 [deg]   Sun_angle= 8.6 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      199.30d {+13h 17m 11s}   -7.44d {-07d 26' 29"}
MOON_DIST:        54.92 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      52 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.83, 65.06 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      151.24, 29.51 [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 346.72,-5.91 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 2.46 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  


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