[vsnet-grb 94703] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Mar 25 15:35:41 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Wed 25 Mar 09 06:35:40 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   161.255d {+10h 45m 01s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -59.707d {-59d 42' 23"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 206.807d
SLEW_TIME:       23760.00 SOD {06:36:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14915 TJD;    84 DOY;   09/03/25
OBS_TIME:        1080.00 [sec]   (=18.0 [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:         4.36d {+00h 17m 26s}   +1.89d {+01d 53' 11"}
SUN_DIST:        119.46 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.5 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      347.53d {+23h 10m 07s}   -1.88d {-01d 53' 03"}
MOON_DIST:       118.17 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      2 [%]
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 231.80,20.47 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.21) 1.38 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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