[vsnet-grb 96559] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Sat Apr 18 09:35:40 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 18 Apr 09 00:35:38 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   166.099d {+11h 04m 24s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  +38.229d {+38d 13' 44"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 323.192d
SLEW_TIME:       2160.00 SOD {00:36:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14939 TJD;   108 DOY;   09/04/18
OBS_TIME:        420.00 [sec]   (=7.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Mkn421 
TGT_NUM:         30352,   Seg_Num: 127
MERIT:           90.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=12431=0x308F
SUN_POSTN:        26.12d {+01h 44m 29s}  +10.81d {+10d 48' 18"}
SUN_DIST:        118.46 [deg]   Sun_angle= -9.3 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      305.32d {+20h 21m 16s}  -19.72d {-19d 42' 56"}
MOON_DIST:       140.15 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      46 [%]
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 238.86,-7.31 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.00) 1.65 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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