[vsnet-grb 85604] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Sat Oct 18 19:36:15 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 18 Oct 08 10:36:14 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   125.237d {+08h 20m 57s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +23.887d {+23d 53' 13"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 110.619d
SLEW_TIME:       38220.00 SOD {10:37:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14757 TJD;   292 DOY;   08/10/18
OBS_TIME:        420.00 [sec]   (=7.0 [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:       203.56d {+13h 34m 15s}   -9.83d {-09d 49' 51"}
SUN_DIST:         83.38 [deg]   Sun_angle= 5.2 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       72.68d {+04h 50m 42s}  +26.99d {+26d 59' 23"}
MOON_DIST:        47.35 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      83 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      199.52, 29.63 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      121.94,  4.27 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 305.04,19.45 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.98) 9.88 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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