[vsnet-grb 96882] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

Bacodine vxw at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Apr 21 19:59:59 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 21 Apr 09 10:59:57 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.825d {+14h 03m 18s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.407d {-41d 24' 24"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 195.857d
SLEW_TIME:       39600.00 SOD {11:00:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14942 TJD;   111 DOY;   09/04/21
OBS_TIME:        660.00 [sec]   (=11.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90218,   Seg_Num: 6
MERIT:           85.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=4083=0xFF3
SUN_POSTN:        29.32d {+01h 57m 17s}  +11.99d {+11d 59' 08"}
SUN_DIST:        150.50 [deg]   Sun_angle= 11.9 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      345.14d {+23h 00m 33s}   -2.89d {-02d 53' 27"}
MOON_DIST:       119.22 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      15 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      317.14, 19.47 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      223.71,-27.00 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 176.68,-13.51 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 2.03 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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