[vsnet-grb 76336] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Tue Jun 24 21:12:50 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 24 Jun 08 12:12:49 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.807d {+14h 03m 14s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.387d {-41d 23' 14"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 259.823d
SLEW_TIME:       43980.00 SOD {12:13:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14641 TJD;   176 DOY;   08/06/24
OBS_TIME:        1140.00 [sec]   (=19.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90041,   Seg_Num: 23
MERIT:           99.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=9=0x9
SUN_POSTN:        93.65d {+06h 14m 35s}  +23.40d {+23d 23' 44"}
SUN_DIST:        125.33 [deg]   Sun_angle= -7.8 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      339.70d {+22h 38m 47s}   -6.63d {-06d 37' 47"}
MOON_DIST:       112.95 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      71 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      317.13, 19.50 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      223.69,-26.98 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 11.96,-10.98 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 3.36 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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