[vsnet-grb 81073] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Sun Aug 24 18:37:14 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 24 Aug 08 09:37:13 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   101.543d {+06h 46m 10s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -10.000d {-10d 00' 00"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  69.403d
SLEW_TIME:       34680.00 SOD {09:38:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14702 TJD;   237 DOY;   08/08/24
OBS_TIME:        1020.00 [sec]   (=17.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        saa-cold-237-5 
TGT_NUM:         74139,   Seg_Num: 16
MERIT:           100.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=0=0x0  UVOT=9=0x9
SUN_POSTN:       153.61d {+10h 14m 25s}  +10.91d {+10d 54' 30"}
SUN_DIST:         55.74 [deg]   Sun_angle= 3.5 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       64.20d {+04h 16m 49s}  +26.40d {+26d 24' 16"}
MOON_DIST:        51.46 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      45 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      221.27, -5.70 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      103.57,-32.90 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 268.44,-16.81 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.66) 9.57 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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