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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 Nov 02 03h58 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch


(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)

Magnitude (MPC m2)15.8
Aperture radius for m27.2 "
Magnitude bandr
r (dist/Sun) 2.558 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.567 AU
Right ascension38.96821 °
Declination+13.11564 °
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|           | ABC2037| CMO|Y87 |2026-11-02T03:57:53Z   |38.96821   |+13.11564  |0.32 |0.23  |0.40  |   UCAC4|15.8 |0.08  |  Sr|   UCAC4| 7.2  |1.79  | 850|    K|
    88P|           | ABC2037| CMO|Y87 |2026-11-02T04:12:02Z   |38.96543   |+13.11505  |0.32 |0.23  |0.40  |   UCAC4|15.8 |0.04  |  Sr|   UCAC4| 7.2  |1.77  | 825|    K|
    88P|           | ABC2037| CMO|Y87 |2026-11-02T04:27:16Z   |38.96237   |+13.11441  |0.33 |0.25  |0.42  |   UCAC4|15.9 |0.03  |  Sr|   UCAC4| 7.2  |1.74  | 825|    K|
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)250 mm
Instrument focale length1187.5 mm
Instrument focale/diameter4.75
CameraAsi 294MM
SensorCMOS
Binning4x4
MountEQ6-R pro
Picture exposure details100x25s
Observatory MPC codeY87
LocationTrevinca skies-Amalthea
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC4
Reference stars catalog (phot)UCAC4
Used softwaresTycho Tracker
Image resize factor1
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.6 "/pix
Observation submission date2026 Nov 03 08h18m07s
Observation modification date2026 Nov 04 09h12m22s

(Record n° 32014)

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