88P/Howell (Record n° 13454)
Orbital period : 5.48 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 Feb 25 08h54 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier
(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 14.6 m2 standard deviation 0.1 Aperture radius used for m2 5.5 " r (dist/Sun) 1.429 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.955 AU Right ascension 19 34 37.35 h m s Declination -23 04 33.8 ° ' " 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 2015.02.25
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0088P C2015 02 25.37082 19 34 37.35 -23 04 33.8 14.7 N W96
0088P C2015 02 25.37791 19 34 38.91 -23 04 31.4 14.6 N W96
0088P C2015 02 25.38499 19 34 40.47 -23 04 29.3 14.6 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 35 x 30s Moon elongation 129 ° 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 Feb 25 10h35m02s Observation modification date 2015 Feb 25 10h35m30s