[vsnet-grb 85573] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Sat Oct 18 11:24:35 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 18 Oct 08 02:24:34 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   125.238d {+08h 20m 57s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +23.893d {+23d 53' 33"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  97.559d
SLEW_TIME:       8700.00 SOD {02:25:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14757 TJD;   292 DOY;   08/10/18
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:       203.24d {+13h 32m 58s}   -9.71d {-09d 42' 26"}
SUN_DIST:         83.04 [deg]   Sun_angle= 5.2 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       67.11d {+04h 28m 25s}  +26.48d {+26d 28' 58"}
MOON_DIST:        52.34 [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 13.32,4.23 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.98) 9.66 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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