[vsnet-grb 80388] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Fri Aug 15 16:36:24 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 15 Aug 08 07:36:23 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.808d {+14h 03m 14s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.374d {-41d 22' 27"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 289.731d
SLEW_TIME:       27420.00 SOD {07:37:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14693 TJD;   228 DOY;   08/08/15
OBS_TIME:        1560.00 [sec]   (=26.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90041,   Seg_Num: 38
MERIT:           99.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=9=0x9
SUN_POSTN:       145.19d {+09h 40m 46s}  +13.90d {+13d 53' 59"}
SUN_DIST:         81.95 [deg]   Sun_angle= -4.4 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      307.26d {+20h 29m 02s}  -20.47d {-20d 28' 23"}
MOON_DIST:        81.14 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      97 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      317.13, 19.51 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      223.68,-26.97 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 13.11,-16.72 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 3.87 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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