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 34830	7.2728	07h 12m 31s	+26° 33’ 52”
Star	HIP 34861	7.0554	07h 12m 49s	+25° 44’ 55”
Star	HIP 34950	0	07h 13m 53s	+25° 00’ 41”
Star	HIP 35025	5.6906	07h 14m 41s	+24° 53’ 06”
Star	HIP 35070	8.3282	07h 15m 07s	+25° 52’ 49”
Star	HIP 35191	0	07h 16m 19s	+27° 08’ 34”
Star	HIP 35253	6.3046	07h 17m 03s	+26° 41’ 23”
Star	HIP 35273	7.1716	07h 17m 15s	+26° 21’ 49”
Star	HIP 35333	7.5312	07h 17m 54s	+26° 19’ 59”
Star	HIP 35377	7.9468	07h 18m 28s	+27° 15’ 11”
Star	HIP 35435	7.929	07h 18m 54s	+25° 56’ 29”
Star	HIP 35494	6.8566	07h 19m 30s	+26° 49’ 22”
Star	HIP 35617	8.1644	07h 20m 59s	+24° 59’ 58”
Star	HIP 35624	8.7396	07h 21m 03s	+25° 40’ 07”
Star	HIP 35639	8.2884	07h 21m 15s	+26° 29’ 39”
Star	HIP 35659	8.6544	07h 21m 28s	+27° 04’ 07”
Star	HIP 35664	7.528	07h 21m 32s	+26° 09’ 33”

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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