[vsnet-grb 50843] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Jul 4 10:04:00 JST 2007


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Wed 04 Jul 07 01:03:57 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   190.661d {+12h 42m 39s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +62.790d {+62d 47' 23"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 285.368d
SLEW_TIME:       3840.00 SOD {01:04:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14285 TJD;   185 DOY;   07/07/04
OBS_TIME:        420.00 [sec]   (=7.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        RX J1242.7+6246 
TGT_NUM:         36543,   Seg_Num: 1
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=12525=0x30ED
SUN_POSTN:       102.73d {+06h 50m 56s}  +22.92d {+22d 55' 17"}
SUN_DIST:         68.84 [deg]   Sun_angle= -5.9 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      327.19d {+21h 48m 45s}  -14.60d {-14d 35' 51"}
MOON_DIST:       123.04 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      87 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      124.65, 54.31 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      148.43, 58.17 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 159.83,11.22 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.07) 8.71 arcmin from this position.  



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