[vsnet-grb 62555] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Dec 25 16:48:53 JST 2007


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 25 Dec 07 07:48:52 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   342.516d {+22h 50m 04s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -13.645d {-13d 38' 40"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 241.876d
SLEW_TIME:       28140.00 SOD {07:49:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14459 TJD;   359 DOY;   07/12/25
OBS_TIME:        780.00 [sec]   (=13.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        SWIFT J2250.2-1338 
TGT_NUM:         37197,   Seg_Num: 2
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=10=0xA
SUN_POSTN:       273.40d {+18h 13m 37s}  -23.40d {-23d 24' 02"}
SUN_DIST:         65.80 [deg]   Sun_angle= -4.6 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      112.58d {+07h 30m 19s}  +25.02d {+25d 01' 26"}
MOON_DIST:       131.69 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      98 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       52.29,-58.65 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      338.68, -5.76 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 16.13,-20.41 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=4.01) 7.56 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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