[vsnet-grb 74428] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Fri May 30 23:58:26 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 30 May 08 14:58:26 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.811d {+14h 03m 15s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.397d {-41d 23' 49"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 235.440d
SLEW_TIME:       53940.00 SOD {14:59:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14616 TJD;   151 DOY;   08/05/30
OBS_TIME:        600.00 [sec]   (=10.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90041,   Seg_Num: 16
MERIT:           99.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=9=0x9
SUN_POSTN:        67.89d {+04h 31m 34s}  +21.88d {+21d 52' 58"}
SUN_DIST:        143.38 [deg]   Sun_angle= -9.5 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:        8.65d {+00h 34m 35s}   +8.00d {+08d 00' 02"}
MOON_DIST:       141.17 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      24 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      317.13, 19.49 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      223.69,-26.99 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 100.83,-20.44 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 2.86 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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