[vsnet-grb 89969] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed Jan 21 01:41:52 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 20 Jan 09 16:41:52 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.856d {+14h 03m 25s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.391d {-41d 23' 27"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 109.005d
SLEW_TIME:       60120.00 SOD {16:42:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14851 TJD;    20 DOY;   09/01/20
OBS_TIME:        540.00 [sec]   (=9.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90041,   Seg_Num: 61
MERIT:           99.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=9=0x9
SUN_POSTN:       302.98d {+20h 11m 54s}  -19.99d {-19d 59' 07"}
SUN_DIST:         78.36 [deg]   Sun_angle= 6.1 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      236.17d {+15h 44m 42s}  -24.93d {-24d 56' 05"}
MOON_DIST:        26.59 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      26 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      317.16, 19.48 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      223.73,-26.97 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 175.38,16.49 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 1.98 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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