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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 Aug 02 03h54 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.6
Magnitude standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius for m26.4 "
r (dist/Sun) 1.955 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.773 AU
Right ascension43.57 °
Declination+13.20056 °
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 20
ACK MPCReport file updated 2026.08.02 07:42:07
NET Gaia DR2
AC2 jgbosch@free.fr
0088P        KB2026 08 02.16242 02 54 16.80 +13 12 02.0          15.6 G      Y87
0088P        KB2026 08 02.17115 02 54 17.41 +13 12 04.8          15.6 G      Y87
0088P        KB2026 08 02.17976 02 54 18.04 +13 12 08.0          15.7 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 details100x20s
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 Aug 02 07h43m41s
Observation modification date2026 Aug 02 07h46m00s

(Record n° 31710)

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