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88P/Howell

Perihelion distance : 1.36 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 4 °
Orbital period : 5.48 years
Eccentricity : 0.56

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Jun 23 09h24 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)14.2
Aperture radius for m25.6 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.596 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.668 AU
Right ascension22.98725 °
Declination+5.37275 °
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 2015.06.23 14:32:44
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0088P         C2015 06 23.39196 01 31 56.94 +05 22 21.9          14.2 N      W96
0088P         C2015 06 23.42506 01 32 00.94 +05 22 45.4          14.2 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY9
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning3x3
MountParamount
MotorizationYes
Picture exposure details45x1mn
Air mass1.8
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Acatama W96
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
URL for more information or pictureshttp://transitionsciel.blogspot.ch/
Observation submission date2015 Jun 23 16h43m12s
Observation modification date2015 Jun 24 18h04m37s

(Record n° 14040)

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