[vsnet-grb 95937] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Thu Apr 9 20:16:27 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 09 Apr 09 11:16:27 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   161.247d {+10h 44m 59s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -59.700d {-59d 41' 58"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 232.132d
SLEW_TIME:       40620.00 SOD {11:17:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14930 TJD;    99 DOY;   09/04/09
OBS_TIME:        1560.00 [sec]   (=26.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Eta Carinae 
TGT_NUM:         31308,   Seg_Num: 11
MERIT:           87.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=4088=0xFF8
SUN_POSTN:        18.22d {+01h 12m 53s}   +7.72d {+07d 43' 10"}
SUN_DIST:        121.02 [deg]   Sun_angle= -9.5 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      194.60d {+12h 58m 23s}  -11.42d {-11d 25' 28"}
MOON_DIST:        54.27 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      100 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      287.60, -0.65 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      202.16,-58.94 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 153.37,-9.81 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.21) 1.08 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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