[vsnet-grb 357809] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Feb 27 16:17:54 JST 2018


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 27 Feb 18 07:17:54 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.115d {+11h 04m 28s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.184d {+38d 11' 02"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:   2.807d
SLEW_TIME:       26280.00 SOD {07:18:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       18176 TJD;    58 DOY;   18/02/27
OBS_TIME:        1140.00 [sec]   (=19.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn421 
TGT_NUM:         31202,   Seg_Num: 206
MERIT:           90.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:       340.26d {+22h 41m 04s}   -8.33d {-08d 19' 37"}
SUN_DIST:        149.74 [deg]   Sun_angle= 11.6 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      123.82d {+08h 15m 17s}  +18.73d {+18d 43' 55"}
MOON_DIST:        41.65 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      90 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.89, 65.04 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      151.23, 29.48 [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 197.99,-15.09 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 3.52 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



More information about the vsnet-grb mailing list