88P/Howell Real Time Tracker |
Right Ascension: 8.351221
Declination: 23.567596 (J2000) Magnitude: 21.36 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Cancer
Sun Distance: 667803343 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 719320573 km [ km/s]
Perihelion: 28 Sep 2020 04:58 UTC [] |
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 in the background 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).
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 41076 | 0 | 08h 22m 50s | +24° 05’ 08” |
Star | HIP 41133 | 7.9822 | 08h 23m 31s | +23° 32’ 04” |
Star | HIP 40920 | 8.0756 | 08h 21m 04s | +22° 01’ 54” |
Star | HIP 40571 | 8.7108 | 08h 16m 58s | +22° 45’ 45” |
Star | HIP 41244 | 7.4526 | 08h 24m 55s | +23° 56’ 43” |
Star | HIP 40999 | 8.6412 | 08h 22m 01s | +23° 05’ 49” |
Star | HIP 40756 | 7.1292 | 08h 19m 09s | +24° 10’ 29” |
Star | HIP 41435 | 8.9074 | 08h 27m 02s | +23° 21’ 54” |
Star | HIP 40984 | 8.2042 | 08h 21m 51s | +22° 57’ 10” |
Star | HIP 41460 | 8.0556 | 08h 27m 25s | +23° 09’ 07” |
Star | HIP 40881 | 5.919 | 08h 20m 32s | +24° 01’ 20” |
Star | HIP 40833 | 7.9128 | 08h 20m 00s | +23° 48’ 33” |
Star | HIP 41279 | 8.4124 | 08h 25m 18s | +24° 21’ 00” |
Galaxy | NGC 2575 | 13.5 | 08h 22m 44s | +24° 17’ 53” |
Galaxy | NGC 2577 | 13.5 | 08h 22m 43s | +22° 33’ 11” |
Galaxy | NGC 2554 | 12.9 | 08h 17m 53s | +23° 28’ 15” |
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services: