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 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”

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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