[vsnet-grb 57861] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Thu Oct 25 11:50:40 JST 2007


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 25 Oct 07 02:50:39 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:       10260.00 SOD {02:51:00.00} 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:       209.16d {+13h 56m 39s}  -11.93d {-11d 55' 44"}
SUN_DIST:         64.19 [deg]   Sun_angle= 2.9 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       13.25d {+00h 52m 59s}   +9.25d {+09d 15' 12"}
MOON_DIST:       126.29 [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 60.35,16.70 [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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