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88P/Howell

Orbital period : 5.48 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 29 08h43 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.5
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
Coma diameter1.9 '
Tail length0.12 °
Tail position angle (PA)250 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.476 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.706 AU
Right ascension00 35 24.00 h m s
Declination-00 17 54.6 ° ' "
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 2015.05.29 12:41:46
AC2 thierrynoel38@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0088P         C2015 05 29.36342 00 35 24.00 -00 17 54.6          14.4 N      W96
0088P         C2015 05 29.36945 00 35 24.93 -00 17 49.3          14.5 N      W96
0088P         C2015 05 29.37624 00 35 25.94 -00 17 42.9          14.5 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
Binning4x4
MountParamount
Exposure details36x30s
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 (gradient, levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2015 May 29 13h10m26s
Observation modification date2015 May 29 22h48m37s

(Record n° 13945)

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