[vsnet-grb 66533] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Sat Feb 16 13:10:46 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 16 Feb 08 04:10:46 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.134d {+11h 04m 32s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.224d {+38d 13' 25"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  53.630d
SLEW_TIME:       15060.00 SOD {04:11:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14512 TJD;    47 DOY;   08/02/16
OBS_TIME:        840.00 [sec]   (=14.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn421 
TGT_NUM:         30352,   Seg_Num: 78
MERIT:           89.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=0=0x0  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:       329.07d {+21h 56m 17s}  -12.56d {-12d 33' 40"}
SUN_DIST:        150.17 [deg]   Sun_angle= 10.9 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       82.72d {+05h 30m 54s}  +28.02d {+28d 01' 16"}
MOON_DIST:        68.37 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      73 [%]
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 227.34,16.06 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 1.08 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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