[vsnet-grb 83492] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Tue Sep 23 15:54:50 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 23 Sep 08 06:54:49 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.812d {+14h 03m 15s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.368d {-41d 22' 03"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 306.904d
SLEW_TIME:       24900.00 SOD {06:55:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14732 TJD;   267 DOY;   08/09/23
OBS_TIME:        900.00 [sec]   (=15.0 [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:       180.57d {+12h 02m 16s}   -0.25d {-00d 14' 46"}
SUN_DIST:         49.47 [deg]   Sun_angle= -2.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      106.30d {+07h 05m 13s}  +25.46d {+25d 27' 30"}
MOON_DIST:       117.10 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      38 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      317.14, 19.51 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      223.68,-26.96 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 101.49,-9.40 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 4.08 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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