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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 Sep 24 03h48 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.9
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.306 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.524 AU
Right ascension48.35252 °
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 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
Picture exposure details120x20s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia2
Reference stars catalog (phot)Gaia2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor2
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Sep 24 06h28m25s
Observation modification date2026 Sep 24 06h29m39s

(Record n° 31926)

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