[vsnet-grb 92591] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Mon Feb 23 23:42:55 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Mon 23 Feb 09 14:42:54 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.127d {+11h 04m 31s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.230d {+38d 13' 48"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL:  32.286d
SLEW_TIME:       52980.00 SOD {14:43:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14885 TJD;    54 DOY;   09/02/23
OBS_TIME:        900.00 [sec]   (=15.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn421 
TGT_NUM:         30352,   Seg_Num: 110
MERIT:           99.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:       336.95d {+22h 27m 47s}   -9.63d {-09d 38' 02"}
SUN_DIST:        150.25 [deg]   Sun_angle= 11.4 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      320.72d {+21h 22m 54s}  -14.56d {-14d 33' 39"}
MOON_DIST:       147.35 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      2 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.78, 65.03 [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 81.66,-5.59 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 0.70 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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