[vsnet-grb 85878] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Oct 22 04:22:31 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 21 Oct 08 19:22:30 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   268.570d {+17h 54m 17s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -35.000d {-35d 00' 00"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 277.179d
SLEW_TIME:       69780.00 SOD {19:23:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14760 TJD;   295 DOY;   08/10/21
OBS_TIME:        1800.00 [sec]   (=30.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        saa-cold-295-6 
TGT_NUM:         74719,   Seg_Num: 8
MERIT:           100.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=0=0x0  UVOT=9=0x9
SUN_POSTN:       206.74d {+13h 46m 56s}  -11.04d {-11d 02' 07"}
SUN_DIST:         60.83 [deg]   Sun_angle= -4.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      125.29d {+08h 21m 09s}  +20.75d {+20d 44' 42"}
MOON_DIST:       144.92 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      47 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      355.73, -4.68 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      268.80,-11.57 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 270.91,-5.15 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.42) 10.81 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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