[vsnet-grb 63943] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Sat Jan 12 21:07:51 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 12 Jan 08 12:07:50 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.138d {+11h 04m 33s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.215d {+38d 12' 54"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  75.667d
SLEW_TIME:       43680.00 SOD {12:08:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14477 TJD;    12 DOY;   08/01/12
OBS_TIME:        840.00 [sec]   (=14.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn421 
TGT_NUM:         30352,   Seg_Num: 49
MERIT:           88.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=0=0x0  UVOT=4088=0xFF8
SUN_POSTN:       293.40d {+19h 33m 35s}  -21.70d {-21d 41' 46"}
SUN_DIST:        132.03 [deg]   Sun_angle= 8.5 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      340.78d {+22h 43m 08s}   -7.03d {-07d 01' 51"}
MOON_DIST:       148.47 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      17 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.80, 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 173.65,-20.04 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 1.63 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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