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 65920	6.794	13h 30m 51s	-03° 02’ 59”
Star	HIP 66226	8.5978	13h 34m 23s	-04° 21’ 59”
Star	HIP 66324	8.526	13h 35m 32s	-04° 23’ 23”
Star	HIP 66031	8.588	13h 32m 15s	-03° 33’ 56”
Star	HIP 65751	8.3778	13h 28m 42s	-04° 27’ 56”
Star	HIP 66311	8.6136	13h 35m 24s	-04° 56’ 03”
Star	HIP 66024	8.4016	13h 32m 11s	-03° 06’ 02”
Star	HIP 65934	8.7742	13h 31m 01s	-02° 49’ 00”
Star	HIP 65540	6.9666	13h 26m 08s	-03° 39’ 39”
Galaxy	NGC 5133	12.6	13h 24m 52s	-04° 04’ 56”

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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