[vsnet-grb 85550] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Sat Oct 18 06:35:20 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 17 Oct 08 21:35:19 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   125.238d {+08h 20m 57s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +23.894d {+23d 53' 38"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  94.434d
SLEW_TIME:       77760.00 SOD {21:36:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14756 TJD;   291 DOY;   08/10/17
OBS_TIME:        1020.00 [sec]   (=17.0 [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:       203.05d {+13h 32m 13s}   -9.63d {-09d 38' 03"}
SUN_DIST:         82.84 [deg]   Sun_angle= 5.2 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       63.85d {+04h 15m 24s}  +26.08d {+26d 05' 00"}
MOON_DIST:        55.28 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      87 [%]
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 103.34,10.28 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.98) 9.60 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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