[vsnet-grb 97111] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Fri Apr 24 13:41:01 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Fri 24 Apr 09 04:40:59 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   210.840d {+14h 03m 22s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -41.407d {-41d 24' 23"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 161.570d
SLEW_TIME:       16860.00 SOD {04:41:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14945 TJD;   114 DOY;   09/04/24
OBS_TIME:        780.00 [sec]   (=13.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        NGC5408 X-1 
TGT_NUM:         90218,   Seg_Num: 7
MERIT:           85.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=7=0x7  UVOT=4083=0xFF3
SUN_POSTN:        31.89d {+02h 07m 33s}  +12.90d {+12d 53' 57"}
SUN_DIST:        151.44 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.9 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       18.36d {+01h 13m 27s}  +13.01d {+13d 00' 24"}
MOON_DIST:       149.50 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      1 [%]
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 242.53,-15.15 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.11) 1.49 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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