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88P/Howell

Orbital period : 5.48 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Aug 28 06h38 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)15.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 2.004 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.433 AU
Right ascension02 55 28.06 h m s
Declination+12 35 58.3 ° ' "
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 2015.08.28 12:36:00
AC2 thierrynoel38@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0088P         C2015 08 28.27663 02 55 28.06 +12 35 58.3          15.7 N      W96
0088P         C2015 08 28.30672 02 55 28.54 +12 36 01.4          15.7 N      W96
0088P         C2015 08 28.33832 02 55 29.05 +12 36 04.4          15.8 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
Binning3x3
MountParamount
Exposure details97x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.04 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, /flat, add), Iris (gradient, levels, ddp, crop)
Observation submission date2015 Aug 28 12h38m03s
Observation modification date2015 Aug 28 23h50m42s

(Record n° 14342)

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