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88P/Howell

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 deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.547 AU
d (dist/Earth) 2.173 AU
Right ascension17 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 typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details15 x 60s
Moon elongation143 °
Air mass2.53
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Jan 28 10h53m31s
Observation modification date2015 Jan 28 10h55m38s

(Record n° 13340)

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