[vsnet-grb 85538] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Sat Oct 18 03:16:42 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 17 Oct 08 18:16:42 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   125.238d {+08h 20m 57s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +23.893d {+23d 53' 36"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  95.550d
SLEW_TIME:       65820.00 SOD {18:17:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14756 TJD;   291 DOY;   08/10/17
OBS_TIME:        1380.00 [sec]   (=23.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        SDSS J082051.20+23534 
TGT_NUM:         38140,   Seg_Num: 2
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=0=0x0  UVOT=286=0x11E
SUN_POSTN:       202.92d {+13h 31m 42s}   -9.58d {-09d 35' 03"}
SUN_DIST:         82.71 [deg]   Sun_angle= 5.2 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       61.63d {+04h 06m 31s}  +25.77d {+25d 46' 00"}
MOON_DIST:        57.30 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      88 [%]
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 131.74,2.43 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.98) 9.62 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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