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 44716	7.6198	09h 06m 42s	+20° 30’ 37”
Star	HIP 45483	8.7706	09h 16m 04s	+20° 04’ 23”
Star	HIP 44792	8.6196	09h 07m 43s	+21° 00’ 32”
Star	HIP 45473	8.517	09h 15m 59s	+21° 16’ 49”
Star	HIP 45033	5.9346	09h 10m 20s	+21° 59’ 47”
Star	HIP 45519	8.5862	09h 16m 39s	+20° 37’ 23”
Star	HIP 45046	7.6296	09h 10m 29s	+21° 40’ 16”
Star	HIP 44705	7.4588	09h 06m 32s	+20° 07’ 09”
Star	HIP 45272	6.4592	09h 13m 37s	+21° 16’ 59”
Star	HIP 45131	8.6164	09h 11m 45s	+20° 25’ 38”
Star	HIP 45204	8.3594	09h 12m 42s	+20° 40’ 24”
Galaxy	NGC 2764	13.6	09h 08m 17s	+21° 26’ 35”

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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