88P/Howell (Record n° 31926)
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 Sep 24 03h48 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 15.9 Aperture radius for m2 7.2 " Magnitude band G r (dist/Sun) 2.306 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.524 AU Right ascension 48.35252 ° Declination +14.93696 ° ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode Y87
# submitter
! name J.-G. Bosch
# observers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# measurers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.25
! fRatio 4.75
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.6
! photometry Tycho 13.6
permID |provID |trkSub |mode|stn |obsTime |ra |dec |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat |mag |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
88P| | ABC1831| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-24T03:48:29Z |48.35252 |+14.93696 |0.30 |0.27 |0.41 | Gaia2|16.0 |0.10 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.74 |1000| K|
88P| | ABC1831| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-24T04:09:13Z |48.35056 |+14.93664 |0.29 |0.26 |0.39 | Gaia2|15.9 |0.07 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.78 |1000| K|
88P| | ABC1831| CMO|Y87 |2026-09-24T04:32:22Z |48.34835 |+14.93632 |0.29 |0.27 |0.40 | Gaia2|15.9 |0.09 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.78 |1000| K|
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 1187.5 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.75 Camera Asi 294MM Sensor CMOS Sensor temperature -5 °C Binning 4x4 Mount EQ6-R pro Picture exposure details 120x20s Observatory MPC code Y87 Location Trevinca skies-Amalthea Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia2 Reference stars catalog (phot) Gaia2 Used softwares Tycho Tracker Image resize factor 2 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Sep 24 06h28m25s Observation modification date 2026 Sep 24 06h29m39s