[vsnet-grb 56356] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Tue Oct 9 02:02:38 JST 2007


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Mon 08 Oct 07 17:02:37 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.130d {+11h 04m 31s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.190d {+38d 11' 24"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 139.014d
SLEW_TIME:       61380.00 SOD {17:03:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14381 TJD;   281 DOY;   07/10/08
OBS_TIME:        600.00 [sec]   (=10.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn 421 
TGT_NUM:         52100,   Seg_Num: 13
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=0=0x0  UVOT=10=0xA
SUN_POSTN:       193.85d {+12h 55m 23s}   -5.92d {-05d 55' 20"}
SUN_DIST:         50.99 [deg]   Sun_angle= 1.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      168.04d {+11h 12m 09s}   +4.06d {+04d 03' 36"}
MOON_DIST:        34.13 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      6 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.86, 65.05 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      151.24, 29.49 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 184.45,-8.89 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 3.08 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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