[vsnet-grb 300849] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Aug 24 21:08:39 JST 2016


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Wed 24 Aug 16 12:08:39 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   120.570d {+08h 02m 17s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +57.158d {+57d 09' 30"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 125.773d
SLEW_TIME:       43740.00 SOD {12:09:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       17624 TJD;   237 DOY;   16/08/24
OBS_TIME:        1020.00 [sec]   (=17.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Swift J0802.1+5709 
TGT_NUM:         85702,   Seg_Num: 8
MERIT:           45.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=12525=0x30ED
SUN_POSTN:       153.76d {+10h 15m 03s}  +10.85d {+10d 50' 57"}
SUN_DIST:         52.69 [deg]   Sun_angle= 2.2 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       52.03d {+03h 28m 07s}  +13.76d {+13d 45' 21"}
MOON_DIST:        67.06 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      58 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      160.46, 32.00 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      109.88, 35.81 [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 299.38,15.29 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.49) 7.37 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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