[vsnet-grb 85567] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Sat Oct 18 09:47:14 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 18 Oct 08 00:47:13 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:  94.162d
SLEW_TIME:       2880.00 SOD {00:48:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14757 TJD;   292 DOY;   08/10/18
OBS_TIME:        1080.00 [sec]   (=18.0 [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:       203.18d {+13h 32m 43s}   -9.68d {-09d 40' 58"}
SUN_DIST:         82.98 [deg]   Sun_angle= 5.2 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       66.01d {+04h 24m 02s}  +26.36d {+26d 21' 24"}
MOON_DIST:        53.33 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      86 [%]
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 10.47,-6.69 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.98) 9.59 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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