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88P/Howell

Orbital period : 5.48 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Mar 30 08h14 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.1
Aperture radius used for m25.6 "
Coma diameter2.50 '
Tail length0.133 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.361 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.798 AU
Right ascension21 35 20.64 h m s
Declination-17 03 19.7 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.03.30 09:45:47
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0088P         C2015 03 30.34282 21 35 20.64 -17 03 19.7          14.1 N      W96
0088P         C2015 03 30.37412 21 35 27.19 -17 02 51.5          14.1 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Exposure details105x30s
Air mass1.4
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Acatama W96
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/
Observation submission date2015 Mar 30 11h48m12s
Observation modification date2015 Mar 30 19h24m11s

(Record n° 13573)

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