[vsnet-grb 80874] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Fri Aug 22 10:22:42 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 22 Aug 08 01:22:41 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   351.922d {+23h 27m 41s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:   +6.512d {+06d 30' 43"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  28.279d
SLEW_TIME:       4980.00 SOD {01:23:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14700 TJD;   235 DOY;   08/08/22
OBS_TIME:        780.00 [sec]   (=13.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        SWIFT J2327.6+0629 
TGT_NUM:         37336,   Seg_Num: 3
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=9=0x9
SUN_POSTN:       151.45d {+10h 05m 48s}  +11.71d {+11d 42' 20"}
SUN_DIST:        152.56 [deg]   Sun_angle= 10.6 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       29.87d {+01h 59m 29s}  +17.63d {+17d 38' 01"}
MOON_DIST:        38.53 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      71 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       88.81,-50.73 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      355.18,  9.18 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 18.28,-20.55 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=4.28) 9.02 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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