[vsnet-grb 81197] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Tue Aug 26 11:23:43 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 26 Aug 08 02:23:42 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: 293.583d
SLEW_TIME:       8640.00 SOD {02:24:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14704 TJD;   239 DOY;   08/08/26
OBS_TIME:        840.00 [sec]   (=14.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90041,   Seg_Num: 41
MERIT:           99.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=9=0x9
SUN_POSTN:       155.16d {+10h 20m 39s}  +10.32d {+10d 19' 14"}
SUN_DIST:         72.76 [deg]   Sun_angle= -3.7 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       91.33d {+06h 05m 20s}  +27.27d {+27d 16' 17"}
MOON_DIST:       129.23 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      27 [%]
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 150.70,20.55 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 3.93 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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