[vsnet-grb 81454] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Fri Aug 29 14:55:57 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 29 Aug 08 05:55:56 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.809d {+14h 03m 14s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.373d {-41d 22' 20"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 294.831d
SLEW_TIME:       21360.00 SOD {05:56:00.00} 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:       158.03d {+10h 32m 08s}   +9.21d {+09d 12' 40"}
SUN_DIST:         70.09 [deg]   Sun_angle= -3.5 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      138.31d {+09h 13m 14s}  +16.25d {+16d 15' 17"}
MOON_DIST:        88.30 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      317.14, 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 103.46,17.27 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 3.94 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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