[vsnet-grb 66232] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Tue Feb 12 11:10:17 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 12 Feb 08 02:10:17 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.134d {+11h 04m 32s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.223d {+38d 13' 24"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  54.333d
SLEW_TIME:       7860.00 SOD {02:11:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14508 TJD;    43 DOY;   08/02/12
OBS_TIME:        1020.00 [sec]   (=17.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn421 
TGT_NUM:         30352,   Seg_Num: 70
MERIT:           83.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=0=0x0  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:       325.07d {+21h 40m 18s}  -13.94d {-13d 56' 20"}
SUN_DIST:        149.35 [deg]   Sun_angle= 10.6 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       22.06d {+01h 28m 14s}  +14.05d {+14d 03' 16"}
MOON_DIST:       117.92 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      27 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.79, 65.04 [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 258.09,20.33 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 1.10 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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