[vsnet-grb 95136] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Tue Mar 31 17:56:43 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 31 Mar 09 08:56:42 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.842d {+14h 03m 22s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.406d {-41d 24' 20"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 156.261d
SLEW_TIME:       32220.00 SOD {08:57:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14921 TJD;    90 DOY;   09/03/31
OBS_TIME:        540.00 [sec]   (=9.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90041,   Seg_Num: 81
MERIT:           99.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=4083=0xFF3
SUN_POSTN:         9.91d {+00h 39m 38s}   +4.27d {+04d 15' 57"}
SUN_DIST:        138.31 [deg]   Sun_angle= 10.6 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       69.15d {+04h 36m 35s}  +26.34d {+26d 20' 41"}
MOON_DIST:       145.27 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      25 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      317.15, 19.47 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      223.72,-26.99 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 228.84,1.31 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 1.46 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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