[vsnet-grb 89464] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed Jan 14 14:56:44 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Wed 14 Jan 09 05:56:43 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   161.286d {+10h 45m 09s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -59.700d {-59d 42' 00"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 129.423d
SLEW_TIME:       21420.00 SOD {05:57:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14845 TJD;    14 DOY;   09/01/14
OBS_TIME:        540.00 [sec]   (=9.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Eta Carinae 
TGT_NUM:         31308,   Seg_Num: 9
MERIT:           87.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=4088=0xFF8
SUN_POSTN:       296.09d {+19h 44m 23s}  -21.27d {-21d 16' 20"}
SUN_DIST:         90.97 [deg]   Sun_angle= 9.0 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      157.56d {+10h 30m 14s}   +6.88d {+06d 52' 32"}
MOON_DIST:        66.69 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      87 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      287.61, -0.64 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      202.19,-58.93 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 226.34,-19.55 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.21) 1.15 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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