[vsnet-grb 91134] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Tue Feb 3 04:34:24 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Mon 02 Feb 09 19:34:23 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.130d {+11h 04m 31s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.228d {+38d 13' 40"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  40.371d
SLEW_TIME:       70500.00 SOD {19:35:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14864 TJD;    33 DOY;   09/02/02
OBS_TIME:        540.00 [sec]   (=9.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn421 
TGT_NUM:         30352,   Seg_Num: 108
MERIT:           99.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:       316.56d {+21h 06m 15s}  -16.60d {-16d 35' 51"}
SUN_DIST:        146.20 [deg]   Sun_angle= 10.0 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       38.05d {+02h 32m 13s}  +20.54d {+20d 32' 37"}
MOON_DIST:       103.79 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      48 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.78, 65.04 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      151.22, 29.53 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 116.21,14.09 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 0.82 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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