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Observation by Mike Olason: Comet 88P/Howell continues to hug the mo...

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BAA Comet Section

Observer

Mike Olason

Observed

2026 Jan 14 - 13:20

Uploaded

2026 Jan 26 - 22:09

Objects

88P Howell

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Constellation

Ophiuchus

Field centre

RA: 17h38m
Dec: -23°45'
Position angle: -49°00'

Field size

0°42' × 0°41'

Full filename

88p/88p_20260114_1320_molason.jpg

Target name

88P Howell

Title

Comet 88P/Howell continues to hug the morning horizon in twilight skies, magnitude calculations as it passed by the background Globular Cluster NGC 6401 on January 14 and 0.2 degrees north of the center of the Lagoon Nebula M8 on January 21 were V=14.5 and G=14.8 respectively. The Comet quickly washes out in morning twilight just after it rises above the Catalina Mountains. As observed from Tucson the comet will continue to hug the morning twilight horizon for the next few months as it reaches perihelion and its predicted brightest magnitude in March.

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Comet 88P/Howell continues to hug the morning horizon in twilight skies, magnitude calculations as it passed by the background Globular Cluster NGC 6401 on January 14 and 0.2 degrees north of the center of the Lagoon Nebula M8 on January 21 were V=14.5 and G=14.8 respectively. The Comet quickly washes out in morning twilight just after it rises above the Catalina Mountains. As observed from Tucson the comet will continue to hug the morning twilight horizon for the next few months as it reaches perihelion and its predicted brightest magnitude in March.
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