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88P/Howell live position and data.
Right Ascension: 6.539815
Declination: 27.144693 (J2000) Magnitude: 21.19 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Gemini
Sun Distance: 715782501 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 588467165 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 28 Sep 2020 04:58 UTC [] |
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).
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 30984 | 0 | 06h 30m 09s | +26° 56’ 58” |
Star | HIP 31561 | 0 | 06h 36m 22s | +27° 56’ 03” |
Star | HIP 31434 | 5.2736 | 06h 35m 12s | +28° 01’ 20” |
Star | HIP 30823 | 7.5726 | 06h 28m 32s | +27° 38’ 04” |
Star | HIP 31031 | 8.185 | 06h 30m 40s | +25° 53’ 03” |
Star | HIP 31001 | 6.8376 | 06h 30m 22s | +28° 12’ 43” |
Star | HIP 30880 | 6.5374 | 06h 28m 56s | +26° 58’ 03” |
Star | HIP 31287 | 7.3754 | 06h 33m 41s | +27° 58’ 48” |
Star | HIP 31535 | 8.7318 | 06h 36m 06s | +26° 42’ 53” |
Star | HIP 31310 | 7.7368 | 06h 33m 57s | +27° 02’ 41” |
Star | HIP 30893 | 8.5136 | 06h 29m 05s | +27° 00’ 35” |
Star | HIP 31568 | 6.8622 | 06h 36m 26s | +27° 16’ 43” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: