[vsnet-grb 57803] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Oct 24 13:21:35 JST 2007


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Wed 24 Oct 07 04:21:31 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.114d {+11h 04m 27s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.209d {+38d 12' 31"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 123.000d
SLEW_TIME:       15720.00 SOD {04:22:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14397 TJD;   297 DOY;   07/10/24
OBS_TIME:        1200.00 [sec]   (=20.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn421 
TGT_NUM:         30352,   Seg_Num: 27
MERIT:           70.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=4088=0xFF8
SUN_POSTN:       208.27d {+13h 53m 05s}  -11.60d {-11d 36' 12"}
SUN_DIST:         63.41 [deg]   Sun_angle= 2.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:        0.72d {+00h 02m 53s}   +2.83d {+02d 49' 58"}
MOON_DIST:       136.86 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      94 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.83, 65.03 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      151.22, 29.50 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 40.48,17.57 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 2.11 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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