88P/Howell live position and data

This page shows Comet 88P/Howell location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details). The sky map shown below represents a rectangular portion of the sky 60x40 arcminutes wide. By comparison the diameter of the full Moon is about 30 arcmins, so the full horizontal extent of the map is approximately 2 full Moons wide. Depending on the device you are using, the map can be dragged horizondally or vertically using the mouse or touchscreen. The deep sky image in the background is provided by the Digitized Sky Survey (acknowledgements).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Comet 88P/Howell (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 114079	7.0304	23h 06m 17s	-09° 36’ 21”
Star	HIP 113986	8.9408	23h 05m 01s	-09° 34’ 59”
Star	HIP 114284	8.6028	23h 08m 49s	-08° 48’ 28”
Star	HIP 114102	8.5392	23h 06m 34s	-08° 38’ 43”
Star	HIP 114261	8.169	23h 08m 26s	-09° 00’ 34”
Star	HIP 113583	6.7672	23h 00m 19s	-08° 52’ 49”
Star	HIP 114164	7.3802	23h 07m 11s	-07° 41’ 40”
Star	HIP 114204	8.2352	23h 07m 42s	-09° 40’ 01”
Star	HIP 113748	8.4926	23h 02m 11s	-07° 43’ 27”
Star	HIP 113488	8.3436	22h 58m 59s	-08° 12’ 47”
Star	HIP 114054	6.7018	23h 05m 52s	-07° 56’ 12”
Star	HIP 114006	6.939	23h 05m 18s	-07° 45’ 16”
Star	HIP 114172	7.8928	23h 07m 17s	-08° 48’ 55”
Star	HIP 113658	7.7692	23h 01m 07s	-09° 33’ 13”
Star	HIP 113996	5.4106	23h 05m 09s	-07° 41’ 37”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Comet 88P/Howell

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve
• Orbital Elements

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

1. The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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