[vsnet-grb 55187] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Sep 26 10:48:59 JST 2007


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Wed 26 Sep 07 01:48:58 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   224.423d {+14h 57m 41s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -43.123d {-43d 07' 22"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 301.728d
SLEW_TIME:       6540.00 SOD {01:49:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14369 TJD;   269 DOY;   07/09/26
OBS_TIME:        720.00 [sec]   (=12.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        SWIFT J1457.8-4308 
TGT_NUM:         36621,   Seg_Num: 3
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=10=0xA
SUN_POSTN:       182.39d {+12h 09m 34s}   -1.04d {-01d 02' 12"}
SUN_DIST:         56.42 [deg]   Sun_angle= -2.8 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      352.20d {+23h 28m 49s}   -1.90d {-01d 53' 47"}
MOON_DIST:       115.01 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
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 159.71,-6.24 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=2.68) 9.22 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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