[vsnet-grb 85524] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Sat Oct 18 00:10:52 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 17 Oct 08 15:10:51 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   125.238d {+08h 20m 57s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +23.893d {+23d 53' 35"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  96.218d
SLEW_TIME:       54660.00 SOD {15:11:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14756 TJD;   291 DOY;   08/10/17
OBS_TIME:        420.00 [sec]   (=7.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        SDSS J082051.20+23534 
TGT_NUM:         38140,   Seg_Num: 1
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=0=0x0  UVOT=265=0x109
SUN_POSTN:       202.80d {+13h 31m 13s}   -9.54d {-09d 32' 14"}
SUN_DIST:         82.58 [deg]   Sun_angle= 5.2 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       59.56d {+03h 58m 14s}  +25.44d {+25d 26' 24"}
MOON_DIST:        59.19 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      89 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      199.51, 29.64 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      121.94,  4.28 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 182.05,2.89 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.98) 9.63 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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