[vsnet-grb 80940] GCN/SWIFT_FOM_OBSERVE

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Sat Aug 23 02:31:02 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 22 Aug 08 17:30:07 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-FOM Will_NOT_Observe
TRIGGER_NUM:     321252,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:           75.266d {+05h 01m 04s} (J2000),
                  75.424d {+05h 01m 42s} (current),
                  74.354d {+04h 57m 25s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         +45.290d {+45d 17' 23"} (J2000),
                 +45.302d {+45d 18' 07"} (current),
                 +45.217d {+45d 13' 01"} (1950)
GRB_DATE:        14700 TJD;   235 DOY;   08/08/22
GRB_TIME:        62969.76 SOD {17:29:29.76} UT
TRIGGER_INDEX:   10418
RATE_SIGNIF:     19.59 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    8.31 [sigma]
FLAGS:           0x0
MERIT:           80.00
SUN_POSTN:       152.07d {+10h 08m 17s}  +11.48d {+11d 28' 43"}
SUN_DIST:         72.50 [deg]   Sun_angle= 5.1 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       39.19d {+02h 36m 44s}  +20.86d {+20d 51' 29"}
MOON_DIST:        38.44 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      64 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      161.53,  1.95 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:       78.84, 22.42 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Figure-of-Merit decision.  
COMMENTS:        This was NOT of sufficient merit to become the new Automated Target.  
COMMENTS:        FOM will NOT request the s/c to slew.  
COMMENTS:        This matches a source in the ground catalog: SGR 0501+4516,   delta=0.018 [deg].  
COMMENTS:           
COMMENTS:        The next comments were copied from the BAT_POS Notice:  
COMMENTS:        This is a rate trigger.  
COMMENTS:        A point_source was found.  
COMMENTS:        This matches a source in the on-board catalog.  
COMMENTS:        This is not a GRB.  
COMMENTS:        This is an interesting source.  
COMMENTS:        This trigger occurred at longitude,latitude = 159.55,-17.57 [deg].  



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