[vsnet-grb 67230] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Feb 26 08:25:26 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Mon 25 Feb 08 23:25:25 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   190.698d {+12h 42m 47s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +62.804d {+62d 48' 16"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  30.809d
SLEW_TIME:       84360.00 SOD {23:26:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14521 TJD;    56 DOY;   08/02/25
OBS_TIME:        1020.00 [sec]   (=17.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        RX J1242.7+6246 
TGT_NUM:         36543,   Seg_Num: 3
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:       338.47d {+22h 33m 53s}   -9.04d {-09d 02' 22"}
SUN_DIST:        121.45 [deg]   Sun_angle= 9.9 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      208.73d {+13h 54m 55s}  -16.91d {-16d 54' 38"}
MOON_DIST:        80.91 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      78 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      124.62, 54.30 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      148.43, 58.19 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 82.35,-3.54 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.07) 10.05 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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