[vsnet-grb 55129] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Sep 25 18:44:23 JST 2007


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 25 Sep 07 09:44:19 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   224.423d {+14h 57m 41s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -43.123d {-43d 07' 23"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 300.911d
SLEW_TIME:       35100.00 SOD {09:45:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14368 TJD;   268 DOY;   07/09/25
OBS_TIME:        900.00 [sec]   (=15.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        SWIFT J1457.8-4308 
TGT_NUM:         36621,   Seg_Num: 2
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=10=0xA
SUN_POSTN:       181.79d {+12h 07m 10s}   -0.78d {-00d 46' 33"}
SUN_DIST:         56.99 [deg]   Sun_angle= -2.8 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      343.49d {+22h 53m 59s}   -6.48d {-06d 28' 56"}
MOON_DIST:       105.88 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      97 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      326.12, 13.99 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      234.86,-25.08 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 12.84,-16.49 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=2.68) 9.23 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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