88P/Howell (Record n° 13340)
Orbital period : 5.48 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Jan 28 09h01 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 15.3 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 1.547 AU d (dist/Earth) 2.173 AU Right ascension 17 52 23.09 h m s Declination -23 50 18.4 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.01.28
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0088P C2015 01 28.37596 17 52 23.09 -23 50 18.4 15.4 N W96
0088P C2015 01 28.38132 17 52 24.20 -23 50 19.7 15.3 N W96
0088P C2015 01 28.38666 17 52 25.35 -23 50 20.8 15.3 N W96
Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) None Camera QHY Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount PARAMOUNT Autoguide Yes Exposure details 15 x 60s Moon elongation 143 ° Air mass 2.53 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro de Atacama, Chili Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix Observation submission date 2015 Jan 28 10h53m31s Observation modification date 2015 Jan 28 10h55m38s