[vsnet-grb 94694] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Mar 25 12:22:56 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Wed 25 Mar 09 03:22:56 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   161.257d {+10h 45m 02s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -59.707d {-59d 42' 25"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 203.349d
SLEW_TIME:       12180.00 SOD {03:23:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14915 TJD;    84 DOY;   09/03/25
OBS_TIME:        1020.00 [sec]   (=17.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Eta Carinae 
TGT_NUM:         90033,   Seg_Num: 3
MERIT:           99.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=4083=0xFF3
SUN_POSTN:         4.24d {+00h 16m 57s}   +1.83d {+01d 50' 01"}
SUN_DIST:        119.43 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.5 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      345.98d {+23h 03m 55s}   -2.67d {-02d 40' 03"}
MOON_DIST:       117.47 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      287.60, -0.65 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      202.18,-58.95 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 280.69,20.48 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.21) 1.41 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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