[vsnet-grb 80899] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Fri Aug 22 19:08:47 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 22 Aug 08 10:08:46 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.809d {+14h 03m 14s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.373d {-41d 22' 21"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 293.733d
SLEW_TIME:       36540.00 SOD {10:09:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14700 TJD;   235 DOY;   08/08/22
OBS_TIME:        1200.00 [sec]   (=20.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90041,   Seg_Num: 40
MERIT:           99.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=9=0x9
SUN_POSTN:       151.79d {+10h 07m 09s}  +11.58d {+11d 34' 56"}
SUN_DIST:         75.88 [deg]   Sun_angle= -3.9 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       34.88d {+02h 19m 32s}  +19.44d {+19d 26' 39"}
MOON_DIST:       157.78 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      68 [%]
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 61.80,20.57 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 3.92 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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