[vsnet-grb 85648] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Sun Oct 19 06:50:52 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 18 Oct 08 21:50:51 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   125.237d {+08h 20m 57s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +23.887d {+23d 53' 11"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 111.967d
SLEW_TIME:       78660.00 SOD {21:51:00.00} 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:       204.00d {+13h 36m 00s}  -10.00d {-10d 00' 01"}
SUN_DIST:         83.84 [deg]   Sun_angle= 5.3 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       80.36d {+05h 21m 25s}  +27.32d {+27d 19' 26"}
MOON_DIST:        40.53 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      78 [%]
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 135.14,19.70 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.98) 9.90 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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