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 32873	8.9406	06h 51m 00s	+25° 53’ 42”
Star	HIP 32942	8.8974	06h 51m 43s	+25° 02’ 53”
Star	HIP 32964	6.7494	06h 51m 58s	+25° 39’ 46”
Star	HIP 32086	7.1962	06h 42m 11s	+25° 28’ 06”
Star	HIP 32254	8.7742	06h 44m 07s	+24° 32’ 54”
Star	HIP 32874	6.933	06h 51m 00s	+25° 45’ 39”
Star	HIP 32266	8.6326	06h 44m 12s	+23° 53’ 08”
Star	HIP 32518	8.5754	06h 47m 10s	+26° 33’ 40”
Star	HIP 32246	2.8676	06h 43m 55s	+25° 07’ 52”
Star	HIP 31982	7.5034	06h 40m 59s	+25° 19’ 25”
Star	HIP 32003	8.4466	06h 41m 11s	+24° 39’ 21”
Star	HIP 32167	8.9214	06h 43m 00s	+24° 08’ 10”
Star	HIP 32369	6.7818	06h 45m 23s	+24° 40’ 20”
Star	HIP 33027	7.837	06h 52m 54s	+25° 45’ 51”
Star	HIP 32095	8.7536	06h 42m 17s	+25° 21’ 49”
Star	HIP 33054	7.367	06h 53m 06s	+25° 18’ 41”
Star	HIP 32800	8.3046	06h 50m 16s	+24° 09’ 25”
Star	HIP 32743	6.6416	06h 49m 43s	+25° 29’ 04”
Star	HIP 32543	8.4386	06h 47m 27s	+26° 07’ 46”

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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