[vsnet-grb 83488] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Tue Sep 23 14:18:28 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 23 Sep 08 05:18:27 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.812d {+14h 03m 15s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.368d {-41d 22' 05"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 306.200d
SLEW_TIME:       19140.00 SOD {05:19:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14732 TJD;   267 DOY;   08/09/23
OBS_TIME:        1080.00 [sec]   (=18.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90041,   Seg_Num: 49
MERIT:           99.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=265=0x109
SUN_POSTN:       180.51d {+12h 02m 02s}   -0.22d {-00d 13' 13"}
SUN_DIST:         49.52 [deg]   Sun_angle= -2.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      105.28d {+07h 01m 07s}  +25.63d {+25d 37' 55"}
MOON_DIST:       117.95 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      39 [%]
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 125.49,-9.61 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 4.07 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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