[vsnet-grb 63695] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Jan 9 14:44:33 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Wed 09 Jan 08 05:44:32 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.138d {+11h 04m 33s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.214d {+38d 12' 49"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  78.558d
SLEW_TIME:       20700.00 SOD {05:45:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14474 TJD;     9 DOY;   08/01/09
OBS_TIME:        1140.00 [sec]   (=19.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn421 
TGT_NUM:         30352,   Seg_Num: 42
MERIT:           88.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=0=0x0  UVOT=4088=0xFF8
SUN_POSTN:       289.85d {+19h 19m 23s}  -22.18d {-22d 11' 02"}
SUN_DIST:        129.51 [deg]   Sun_angle= 8.2 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      299.77d {+19h 59m 06s}  -23.43d {-23d 25' 43"}
MOON_DIST:       137.94 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      1 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.81, 65.05 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      151.23, 29.52 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 348.48,-8.49 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 1.71 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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