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88P/Howell

Orbital period : 5.48 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 02 09h01 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.4
Aperture radius used for m10.7 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.1
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
Tail position angle (PA)240 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.388 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.733 AU
Right ascension23 22 08.72 h m s
Declination-07 46 58.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.05.02 22:01:49
AC2 thierrynoel38@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0088P         C2015 05 02.37554 23 22 08.72 -07 46 58.9          14.0 N      W96
0088P         C2015 05 02.37909 23 22 09.30 -07 46 55.7          14.1 N      W96
0088P         C2015 05 02.38303 23 22 10.02 -07 46 51.2          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-30 °C
Binning4x4
MountParamount
AutoguideNo
Exposure details20x30s
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.38 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, /flat, add), Iris (grad, levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2015 May 02 22h15m22s
Observation modification date2015 May 02 23h20m13s

(Record n° 13798)

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