[vsnet-grb 95782] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Wed Apr 8 05:39:16 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 07 Apr 09 20:39:15 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.099d {+11h 04m 24s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.229d {+38d 13' 43"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 322.708d
SLEW_TIME:       74400.00 SOD {20:40:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14928 TJD;    97 DOY;   09/04/07
OBS_TIME:        1260.00 [sec]   (=21.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn421 
TGT_NUM:         30352,   Seg_Num: 122
MERIT:           89.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:        16.75d {+01h 06m 59s}   +7.12d {+07d 07' 11"}
SUN_DIST:        126.54 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      174.96d {+11h 39m 50s}   -2.07d {-02d 04' 05"}
MOON_DIST:        41.05 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      96 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      179.80, 65.01 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      151.19, 29.52 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 359.89,-0.76 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 1.67 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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