[vsnet-grb 73878] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Fri May 23 19:45:49 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 23 May 08 10:45:48 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.815d {+14h 03m 16s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.401d {-41d 24' 04"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 222.080d
SLEW_TIME:       38760.00 SOD {10:46:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14609 TJD;   144 DOY;   08/05/23
OBS_TIME:        1380.00 [sec]   (=23.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90041,   Seg_Num: 14
MERIT:           99.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=9=0x9
SUN_POSTN:        60.61d {+04h 02m 26s}  +20.69d {+20d 41' 34"}
SUN_DIST:        147.48 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      280.41d {+18h 41m 39s}  -26.49d {-26d 29' 18"}
MOON_DIST:        57.96 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      90 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      317.13, 19.48 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      223.70,-27.00 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 102.59,11.36 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 2.58 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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