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 44812	0	09h 07m 57s	+21° 35’ 12”
Star	HIP 44946	5.0566	09h 09m 21s	+22° 02’ 43”
Star	HIP 44236	8.3544	09h 00m 32s	+22° 43’ 37”
Star	HIP 44414	7.8258	09h 02m 50s	+22° 15’ 30”
Star	HIP 44731	8.5458	09h 06m 54s	+22° 24’ 06”
Star	HIP 44259	8.6482	09h 00m 47s	+21° 27’ 16”
Star	HIP 44228	8.3002	09h 00m 29s	+22° 28’ 07”
Star	HIP 44456	8.0128	09h 03m 24s	+22° 36’ 40”
Star	HIP 44408	8.0202	09h 02m 45s	+21° 31’ 09”
Star	HIP 44740	8.4288	09h 07m 02s	+23° 19’ 35”
Star	HIP 44808	7.949	09h 07m 53s	+22° 27’ 23”
Star	HIP 43950	6.9474	08h 57m 05s	+21° 51’ 37”
Star	HIP 44768	6.3154	09h 07m 27s	+22° 58’ 51”
Star	HIP 44097	7.5732	08h 58m 55s	+21° 09’ 59”
Star	HIP 44586	7.3476	09h 05m 00s	+22° 49’ 55”
Star	HIP 44120	8.1704	08h 59m 08s	+22° 47’ 55”
Galaxy	NGC 2764	13.6	09h 08m 17s	+21° 26’ 35”
Galaxy	NGC 2738	13.9	09h 04m 00s	+21° 58’ 04”

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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