[vsnet-grb 70685] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Mon Apr 7 13:20:27 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Mon 07 Apr 08 04:20:26 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.114d {+11h 04m 27s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.209d {+38d 12' 31"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 325.517d
SLEW_TIME:       15660.00 SOD {04:21:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14563 TJD;    98 DOY;   08/04/07
OBS_TIME:        1140.00 [sec]   (=19.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn421 
TGT_NUM:         30352,   Seg_Num: 90
MERIT:           88.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:        16.35d {+01h 05m 23s}   +6.96d {+06d 57' 20"}
SUN_DIST:        126.89 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       28.14d {+01h 52m 34s}  +16.46d {+16d 27' 37"}
MOON_DIST:       112.71 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      2 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.83, 65.03 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      151.22, 29.50 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 169.94,18.70 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 2.11 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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