Hickson Compact Group

Hickson Compact Group 7 image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. This grouping is composed of one lenticular (lens-shaped) and three spiral galaxies in close proximity.[1]

A Hickson Compact Group (abbreviation: HCG) is a collection of galaxies designated as published by Paul Hickson in 1982.[2]

The most famous group on Hickson’s list of 100 objects is HCG 92, Stephan's Quintet.

Hickson Compact Groups

According to Hickson: “Most compact groups contain a high fraction of galaxies having morphological or kinematical peculiarities, nuclear radio and infrared emission, and starburst or active galactic nuclei (AGN) activity. They contain large quantities of diffuse gas and are dynamically dominated by dark matter. They most likely form as subsystems within looser associations and evolve by gravitational processes. Strong galaxy interactions result and merging is expected to lead to the ultimate demise of the group. Compact groups are surprisingly numerous, and may play a significant role in galaxy evolution.”[3]

List

HCG Galaxy count Members Notes
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4 NGC 192, NGC 196, NGC 197, NGC 201 This HCG contains three spiral galaxies and a lenticular galaxy [4]
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016 7 This HCG contains three starburst galaxies, two LINER galaxies, and a Seyfert 2 galaxy. [5]
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079 5 NGC 6027, NGC 6027a, NGC 6027b, NGC 6027c, NGC 6027d, NGC 6027e (tidal tail of the lenticular galaxy NGC 6027) HCG 79 (also known as UGC 10116, VV 115, Seyfert's Sextet or Serpens Sextet) contains 2 lenticular galaxies, 3 spiral galaxies (one of them is a barred spiral) and a tidal tail.
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5 NGC 7317, NGC 7318A, NGC 7318B, NGC 7319, NGC 7320C Also called Stephan's Quintet, one galaxy of the sixsome, NGC 7320, is not part of the HCG, but a foreground galaxy in front of the five galaxies in the HCG. When discovered, two of the galaxies in the grouping were considered to be one galaxy, leading to the "quintet" for the 6 galaxies, but appropriate for the HCG.
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Further reading

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Crowded, but Suspiciously Quiet?". Picture of the Week. ESA/Hubble. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Hickson, Paul (1982). "Systematic properties of compact groups of galaxies". Astrophysical Journal. 255: 382–391. Bibcode:1982ApJ...255..382H. doi:10.1086/159838.
  3. ↑ "Compact Groups of Galaxies". Retrieved 2006-10-23.
  4. ↑ "Anne's Picture of the Day: Hickson Compact Group 7". Anne's Astronomy News. 27 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Hubble views a bizarre cosmic quartet". Space Daily. 22 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "A fossil in the making". ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "A members-only galaxy club". ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week. Retrieved 10 December 2013.


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