[vsnet-grb 71612] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Fri Apr 18 10:18:52 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 18 Apr 08 01:18:51 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.828d {+14h 03m 19s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.408d {-41d 24' 26"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 189.154d
SLEW_TIME:       4740.00 SOD {01:19:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14574 TJD;   109 DOY;   08/04/18
OBS_TIME:        780.00 [sec]   (=13.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC 5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90041,   Seg_Num: 4
MERIT:           99.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=9=0x9
SUN_POSTN:        26.37d {+01h 45m 29s}  +10.90d {+10d 54' 00"}
SUN_DIST:        149.19 [deg]   Sun_angle= 11.7 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      180.15d {+12h 00m 36s}   -3.33d {-03d 20' 04"}
MOON_DIST:        47.06 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      95 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      317.14, 19.47 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      223.71,-27.00 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 284.65,-20.41 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 1.90 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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