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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 2026 Jul 27 03h24 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.3
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.915 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.800 AU
Right ascension41.73838 °
Declination+12.63167 °
MPC report
COD Y87
CON J.-G. Bosch
OBS J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.25-m f/4.75 reflector + CMO
NUM 24
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.07.27 07:48:33
NET Gaia DR2
AC2 jgbosch@free.fr
0088P        KB2026 07 27.14132 02 46 57.21 +12 37 54.0          15.3 G      Y87
0088P        KB2026 07 27.14684 02 46 57.64 +12 37 56.1          15.3 G      Y87
0088P        KB2026 07 27.15325 02 46 58.13 +12 37 58.4          15.2 G      Y87
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length1187.5 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.75
CameraAsi 294MM
SensorCMOS
Sensor temperature-5 °C
Binning4x4
MountEQ6-R pro
Exposure details63x20
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia DR2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Jul 27 07h49m47s
Observation modification date2026 Jul 27 07h54m02s

(Record n° 31698)

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