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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 Oct 16 02h44 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandG
r (dist/Sun) 2.450 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.502 AU
Right ascension43.79349 °
Declination+14.10083 °
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|           | ABC1941| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T02:43:54Z   |43.79349   |+14.10083  |0.18 |0.19  |0.26  |   Gaia2|16.0 |0.06  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.76  | 925|    K|
    88P|           | ABC1941| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T03:00:42Z   |43.79024   |+14.10018  |0.18 |0.19  |0.26  |   Gaia2|16.0 |0.04  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.77  | 925|    K|
    88P|           | ABC1941| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-16T03:17:16Z   |43.78707   |+14.09957  |0.18 |0.19  |0.26  |   Gaia2|16.0 |0.05  |   G|   Gaia2| 7.2  |1.77  | 900|    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 details110x25s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)Gaia2
Reference stars catalog (phot)Gaia2
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Oct 16 05h40m45s
Observation modification date2026 Oct 16 05h43m44s

(Record n° 31985)

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