[vsnet-grb 84318] GCN/SWIFT_FOM_OBSERVE

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Fri Oct 3 20:17:00 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 03 Oct 08 11:16:46 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-FOM Will_NOT_Observe
TRIGGER_NUM:     330367,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          237.704d {+15h 50m 49s} (J2000),
                 237.874d {+15h 51m 30s} (current),
                 236.739d {+15h 46m 57s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -54.308d {-54d 18' 29"} (J2000),
                 -54.334d {-54d 20' 03"} (current),
                 -54.158d {-54d 09' 27"} (1950)
GRB_DATE:        14742 TJD;   277 DOY;   08/10/03
GRB_TIME:        40573.81 SOD {11:16:13.81} UT
TRIGGER_INDEX:   10409
RATE_SIGNIF:     74.13 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    18.24 [sigma]
FLAGS:           0x0
MERIT:           80.00
SUN_POSTN:       189.76d {+12h 39m 02s}   -4.20d {-04d 12' 07"}
SUN_DIST:         63.40 [deg]   Sun_angle= -3.2 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      234.64d {+15h 38m 33s}  -24.58d {-24d 34' 37"}
MOON_DIST:        29.85 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      16 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      327.23, -0.13 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      248.10,-33.30 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Figure-of-Merit decision.  
COMMENTS:        This was NOT of sufficient merit to become the new Automated Target.  
COMMENTS:        FOM will NOT request the s/c to slew.  
COMMENTS:        This does not match any source in the ground catalog.  
COMMENTS:           
COMMENTS:        The next comments were copied from the BAT_POS Notice:  
COMMENTS:        This is a rate trigger.  
COMMENTS:        A point_source was found.  
COMMENTS:        This matches a source in the on-board catalog.  
COMMENTS:        This is not a GRB.  
COMMENTS:        This is an interesting source.  
COMMENTS:        This trigger occurred at longitude,latitude = 64.28,20.36 [deg].  



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