[vsnet-grb 87750] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Mon Nov 17 05:13:14 JST 2008


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 16 Nov 08 20:13:13 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   284.276d {+18h 57m 06s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:   +2.652d {+02d 39' 07"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 234.014d
SLEW_TIME:       72840.00 SOD {20:14:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14786 TJD;   321 DOY;   08/11/16
OBS_TIME:        1080.00 [sec]   (=18.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        HESS J1857+026 
TGT_NUM:         37742,   Seg_Num: 1
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=0=0x0  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:       232.50d {+15h 29m 59s}  -18.98d {-18d 58' 44"}
SUN_DIST:         55.40 [deg]   Sun_angle= -3.5 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      106.23d {+07h 04m 56s}  +25.11d {+25d 06' 24"}
MOON_DIST:       152.17 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      82 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       35.94, -0.05 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      285.81, 25.31 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 221.01,0.51 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.57) 7.47 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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