[vsnet-grb 81450] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Fri Aug 29 13:19:35 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 29 Aug 08 04:19:34 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: 294.146d
SLEW_TIME:       15600.00 SOD {04:20:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14707 TJD;   242 DOY;   08/08/29
OBS_TIME:        600.00 [sec]   (=10.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90041,   Seg_Num: 42
MERIT:           98.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=9=0x9
SUN_POSTN:       157.97d {+10h 31m 53s}   +9.24d {+09d 14' 06"}
SUN_DIST:         70.15 [deg]   Sun_angle= -3.5 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      137.40d {+09h 09m 37s}  +16.61d {+16d 36' 47"}
MOON_DIST:        89.17 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
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 127.85,17.31 [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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