[vsnet-grb 91261] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed Feb 4 14:28:33 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Wed 04 Feb 09 05:28:32 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   171.394d {+11h 25m 34s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -35.973d {-35d 58' 21"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 146.528d
SLEW_TIME:       19740.00 SOD {05:29:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14866 TJD;    35 DOY;   09/02/04
OBS_TIME:        480.00 [sec]   (=8.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        PMN J1125-3556 
TGT_NUM:         38464,   Seg_Num: 3
MERIT:           50.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=9=0x9
SUN_POSTN:       317.99d {+21h 11m 58s}  -16.18d {-16d 10' 44"}
SUN_DIST:        118.93 [deg]   Sun_angle= 9.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       58.90d {+03h 55m 37s}  +25.30d {+25d 17' 57"}
MOON_DIST:       122.16 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      64 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      284.06, 23.73 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      188.71,-35.95 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 11.49,-5.07 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=5.22) 5.52 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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