[vsnet-grb 65199] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Jan 30 01:04:50 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 29 Jan 08 16:04:50 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   238.260d {+15h 53m 02s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -50.492d {-50d 29' 32"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  95.896d
SLEW_TIME:       57900.00 SOD {16:05:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14494 TJD;    29 DOY;   08/01/29
OBS_TIME:        360.00 [sec]   (=6.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        IGR J15529--5029 
TGT_NUM:         37073,   Seg_Num: 1
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=0=0x0  UVOT=346=0x15A
SUN_POSTN:       311.55d {+20h 46m 13s}  -17.97d {-17d 58' 27"}
SUN_DIST:         65.57 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.9 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      209.27d {+13h 57m 04s}  -17.08d {-17d 04' 53"}
MOON_DIST:        40.75 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      55 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      329.90,  2.62 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      247.38,-29.52 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 246.78,-3.80 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.60) 7.57 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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