[vsnet-grb 98668] GCN/SWIFT_POINTING_DIR

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Tue May 12 18:21:30 JST 2009


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 12 May 09 09:21:28 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     SWIFT Pointing Direction
NEXT_POINT_RA:   161.243d {+10h 44m 58s} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_DEC:  -59.692d {-59d 41' 31"} (J2000)
NEXT_POINT_ROLL: 251.681d
SLEW_TIME:       33720.00 SOD {09:22:00.00} UT
SLEW_DATE:       14963 TJD;   132 DOY;   09/05/12
OBS_TIME:        900.00 [sec]   (=15.0 [min])
TGT_NAME:        Eta Carinae 
TGT_NUM:         31308,   Seg_Num: 12
MERIT:           87.00
INST_MODES:      BAT=0=0x0  XRT=6=0x6  UVOT=4088=0xFF8
SUN_POSTN:        49.37d {+03h 17m 28s}  +18.21d {+18d 12' 39"}
SUN_DIST:        116.68 [deg]   Sun_angle= -7.5 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      267.82d {+17h 51m 16s}  -26.22d {-26d 13' 17"}
MOON_DIST:        75.32 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      90 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      287.59, -0.64 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      202.15,-58.94 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT Slew Notice.  
COMMENTS:        The spacecraft longitude,latitude at Notice_time is 95.28,7.09 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        There is a bright star (mag=6.21) 0.82 arcmin from this position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  



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