[vsnet-grb 76348] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Jun 25 00:27:32 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 24 Jun 08 15:27:31 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.807d {+14h 03m 14s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.386d {-41d 23' 08"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 263.486d
SLEW_TIME:       55680.00 SOD {15:28:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14641 TJD;   176 DOY;   08/06/24
OBS_TIME:        1020.00 [sec]   (=17.0 [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:        93.79d {+06h 15m 09s}  +23.39d {+23d 23' 32"}
SUN_DIST:        125.22 [deg]   Sun_angle= -7.8 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      341.26d {+22h 45m 02s}   -5.84d {-05d 50' 14"}
MOON_DIST:       114.54 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      70 [%]
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 353.77,0.84 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 3.43 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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