[vsnet-grb 81078] GCN/SWIFT_FOM_OBSERVE

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Sun Aug 24 19:51:15 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 24 Aug 08 10:50:57 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-FOM Will_NOT_Observe
TRIGGER_NUM:     321750,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          282.089d {+18h 48m 21s} (J2000),
                 282.202d {+18h 48m 48s} (current),
                 281.433d {+18h 45m 44s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:          -3.197d {-03d 11' 49"} (J2000),
                  -3.187d {-03d 11' 13"} (current),
                  -3.254d {-03d 15' 14"} (1950)
GRB_DATE:        14702 TJD;   237 DOY;   08/08/24
GRB_TIME:        38908.95 SOD {10:48:28.95} UT
TRIGGER_INDEX:   20000
RATE_SIGNIF:     0.00 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    11.48 [sigma]
FLAGS:           0x0
MERIT:           80.00
SUN_POSTN:       153.65d {+10h 14m 36s}  +10.89d {+10d 53' 27"}
SUN_DIST:        128.43 [deg]   Sun_angle= -8.6 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       65.01d {+04h 20m 01s}  +26.51d {+26d 30' 23"}
MOON_DIST:       137.44 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      45 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       29.74, -0.77 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      282.83, 19.71 [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: IGR18483-0311,   delta=0.020 [deg].  
COMMENTS:           
COMMENTS:        The next comments were copied from the BAT_POS Notice:  
COMMENTS:        This is an image trigger.  (The RATE_SIGNIF is undefined.)  
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 = 160.40,-12.77 [deg].  



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