[vsnet-grb 57856] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Thu Oct 25 10:15:17 JST 2007


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 25 Oct 07 01:15:16 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:       4560.00 SOD {01:16:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14398 TJD;   298 DOY;   07/10/25
OBS_TIME:        1440.00 [sec]   (=24.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn421 
TGT_NUM:         30352,   Seg_Num: 28
MERIT:           70.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=4088=0xFF8
SUN_POSTN:       209.10d {+13h 56m 24s}  -11.91d {-11d 54' 21"}
SUN_DIST:         64.13 [deg]   Sun_angle= 2.9 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       12.34d {+00h 49m 22s}   +8.81d {+08d 48' 25"}
MOON_DIST:       127.08 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      98 [%]
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 87.43,16.13 [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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