[vsnet-grb 74355] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Fri May 30 01:42:48 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 29 May 08 16:42:47 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   304.676d {+20h 18m 42s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +40.738d {+40d 44' 16"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  45.606d
SLEW_TIME:       60180.00 SOD {16:43:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14615 TJD;   150 DOY;   08/05/29
OBS_TIME:        1500.00 [sec]   (=25.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        IGR J2018+4043 
TGT_NUM:         30385,   Seg_Num: 6
MERIT:           90.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=4088=0xFF8
SUN_POSTN:        66.95d {+04h 27m 47s}  +21.75d {+21d 44' 49"}
SUN_DIST:         97.64 [deg]   Sun_angle= 8.2 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      357.00d {+23h 48m 00s}   +2.10d {+02d 06' 15"}
MOON_DIST:        60.83 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      33 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       78.17,  2.69 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      324.09, 57.85 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 129.65,-15.31 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.84) 6.67 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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