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88P/Howell

Orbital period : 5.48 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2026 Apr 21 09h43 UT by Patrick Ditz


(Copyright Patrick Ditz)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)13.7
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m25.5 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.406 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.955 AU
Right ascension23 19 05.52 h m s
Declination-07 47 30.4 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON P.Ditz
OBS P. Ditz
MEA P. Ditz
TEL 0.43-m f/6.8 reflector + CMO
NUM 3
ACK MPCReport CodW96-PDI #0088P obs2026-04-21 (L_28x20s_bin3) file updated 2026.04.21 09:52:36
NET ATLAS2
AC2 patrick.ditz@wanadoo.fr
0088P        KB2026 04 21.40460 23 19 05.52 -07 47 30.4          13.7 V      W96
0088P        KB2026 04 21.40713 23 19 06.01 -07 47 27.4          13.6 V      W96
0088P        KB2026 04 21.40953 23 19 06.47 -07 47 24.6          13.7 V      W96
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentPlaneWave CDK17
Instrument typeCassegrain
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)430 mm
Instrument focale length2924 mm
Instrument focale/diameter6.8
Filter(s)L
CameraQHY 268M
SensorCMOS
Sensor size23.5x15.7 mm2
Sensor pixels number6252x4176
Sensor temperature-10 °C
Binning3x3
MountAstelco NTM500
Exposure total time560 s
Exposure details28x20s
Air mass2.15
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSpaceObs Chili Aitp
Reference stars catalogATLAS2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor0.75
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.79 "/pix
Image processingPrism11 & Gimp
Observation submission date2026 Apr 21 19h10m42s
Observation modification date2026 Apr 21 19h20m48s

(Record n° 31368)

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