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 48196	8.3074	09h 49m 31s	+18° 39’ 03”
Star	HIP 48484	7.294	09h 53m 17s	+19° 56’ 16”
Star	HIP 48189	8.6046	09h 49m 25s	+18° 31’ 33”
Star	HIP 48372	8.3258	09h 51m 39s	+17° 28’ 34”
Star	HIP 48521	8.2074	09h 53m 43s	+18° 56’ 39”
Star	HIP 48230	8.7198	09h 49m 59s	+19° 36’ 20”
Star	HIP 48670	7.9726	09h 55m 34s	+18° 49’ 16”
Star	HIP 47909	6.6384	09h 45m 51s	+18° 41’ 01”
Star	HIP 48168	7.6672	09h 49m 05s	+18° 03’ 28”
Star	HIP 48386	7.624	09h 51m 49s	+20° 09’ 52”
Star	HIP 48288	8.761	09h 50m 42s	+17° 44’ 00”
Star	HIP 47979	8.5058	09h 46m 47s	+18° 06’ 57”
Star	HIP 48182	8.5548	09h 49m 16s	+18° 39’ 40”
Star	HIP 48305	8.357	09h 50m 53s	+19° 19’ 24”
Star	HIP 48103	8.6074	09h 48m 26s	+18° 48’ 22”
Star	HIP 48366	8.8684	09h 51m 37s	+18° 24’ 40”

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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