[vsnet-grb 50860] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Jul 4 14:53:42 JST 2007


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Wed 04 Jul 07 05:53:42 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   190.661d {+12h 42m 39s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +62.790d {+62d 47' 25"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 286.653d
SLEW_TIME:       21240.00 SOD {05:54:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14285 TJD;   185 DOY;   07/07/04
OBS_TIME:        720.00 [sec]   (=12.0 [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:       102.94d {+06h 51m 46s}  +22.90d {+22d 54' 16"}
SUN_DIST:         68.77 [deg]   Sun_angle= -5.8 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      329.75d {+21h 59m 00s}  -13.44d {-13d 26' 36"}
MOON_DIST:       122.88 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      85 [%]
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 89.06,12.19 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.07) 8.74 arcmin from this position.  



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