Hickson Compact Group

Hickson Compact Group
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A Hickson Compact Group (abbreviation: HCG) is a collection of galaxies designated as published by in 1982.^[1]

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.”^[2]

List[]

HCG	Right ascension^[3]	Declination^[3]	Galaxy count^[4]	Members	Notes
	00^h 26.0^m	+25° 43′	4	UGC 248, PGC 1625, PGC 1614, PGC 1618
	00^h 31^m 24^s	+08° 26.8′	4	UGC 312, Markarian 552, UGC 314, UGC 315
	00^h 34^m 11^s	−07° 35.6′	4	MCG-01-02-032, PGC 2064, PGC 2059, PGC 2043
	00^h 34^m 15.3^s	−21° 26′ 52″	5	ESO 540-1, ESO 540-2, PGC 2051, PGC 2057, PGC 2040
	00^h 38^m 54^s	+07° 03.8′	4	NGC 190, NGC 190S, MCG+01-02-042, PGC 2326
	00^h 39^m 10^s	−08° 23.7′	4
	00^h 39^m 15.9^s	+00° 53′ 17″	4	NGC 192, NGC 196, NGC 197, NGC 201	Contains three spirals and one lenticular galaxy^[5]
	00^h 49^m 37^s	+23° 34.8′	4
	00^h 54^m 18^s	−23° 33.1′	4
	01^h 26^m 24.5^s	+34° 42′ 51″	4	NGC 536, NGC 529, NGC 531, NGC 542
	01^h 26.6^m	−23° 13′	4
	01^h 27^m 33.7^s	−04° 40′ 14″	5
	01^h 32.4^m	−07° 52′	5
	01^h 59^m 47^s	−07° 01.7′	4
	02^h 07^m 39.0^s	+02° 08′ 18″	6
	02^h 09^m 31.3^s	−10° 09′ 31″	4	, , NGC 838, NGC 839	Contains three starburst galaxies, two LINER galaxies, and a Seyfert 2 galaxy^[6]
	02^h 14^m 04.5^s	+13° 18′ 54″	5
18	02^h 39^m 06.10^s	+18° 23′ 02.0″	4
	02^h 42^m 45^s	−12° 24.7′	4
	02^h 44^m 14^s	+26° 06.2′	6
	02^h 45^m 16.9^s	−17° 37′ 35″	5	, , , ,
	03^h 03^m 31^s	−15° 40.5′	5	NGC 1199, NGC 1190, NGC 1189, NGC 1191, NGC 1192
	03^h 07^m 06^s	−09° 35.1′	5	, , ,
	03^h 20.3^m	−10° 51′	4
	03^h 20^m 43.7^s	−01° 03′ 07″	7
	03^h 21^m 54^s	−13° 38.8′	4
	04^h 19.4^m	��11° 42′	5
	04^h 27^m 19^s	−10° 19.0′	4
	04^h 34^m 45^s	−30° 32.8′	4
	04^h 36.5^m	−02° 49′	4
	05^h 01^m 37^s	−04° 15.4′	4	NGC 1741A, PGC 16570, NGC 1741B, PGC 16571
	05^h 01.7^m	−15° 25′	4
	05^h 10^m 47.6^s	+18° 01′ 11″	4
	05^h 21^m 47^s	+06° 40.6′	4	, VV 169b, VV 169c, VV 169d
	08^h 45^m 20.71^s	+44° 32′ 23.1″	6
	09^h 09^m 24^s	+15° 47.7′	4
	09^h 13^m 35.6^s	+30° 00′ 51″	5
	09^h 27.6^m	+12° 16′	4
	09^h 29^m 28^s	−01° 20.7′	4
	09^h 38^m 54^s	−04° 51.1′	6
	09^h 57^m 40^s	+45° 14.4′	4
	10^h 00^m 13.1^s	−19° 38′ 24″	4
	10^h 11.2^m	−00° 01′	5
44	10^h 18^m 00^s	+21° 48.7′	4	NGC 3185, , NGC 3190,
	10^h 19.2^m	+59° 06′	4
	10^h 22.0^m	+17° 48′	4
	10^h 25^m 48^s	+13° 43.9′	4
	10^h 37^m 45.6^s	−27° 04′ 50″	4
	10^h 56^m 36^s	+67° 10.8′	4
	11^h 17^m 06^s	+54° 55.1′	5
	11^h 22^m 21.6^s	+24° 19′ 41″	6
	11^h 26.3^m	+21° 05′	4
	11^h 28^m 58^s	+20° 46.6′	4
	11^h 29^m 15^s	+20° 34.7′	4
	11^h 32^m 07^s	+70° 48.7′	5
	11^h 32^m 32^s	+52° 56.9′	5
	11^h 37^m 50.5^s	+21° 59′ 06″	8	, , , , , , , PGC 36010	Also known as Copeland's Septet
	11^h 42^m 09.4^s	+10° 16′ 30″	5
	11^h 48^m 27^s	+12° 43.0′	5	, , PGC 36871, PGC 36867, PGC 36851
	12^h 03^m 05^s	+51° 41.6′	4
	12^h 12^m 24^s	+29° 10.7′	4	, , ,
	12^h 53^m 05.6^s	−09° 12′ 21″	4
	13^h 02.2^m	−32° 46′	4
	13^h 25^m 43^s	−03° 51.5′	4
	13^h 29^m 53^s	−29° 30.0′	5
	13^h 38^m 33^s	+57° 18.3′	4
	13^h 49^m 03.5^s	−07° 12′ 20″	4
	13^h 53^m 40.9^s	+40° 19′ 07″	5
	13^h 55^m 31^s	+25° 03.8′	4
	14^h 04^m 07.4^s	+33° 19′ 10″	6
	14^h 11.1^m	+25° 29′	4
	14^h 47^m 55^s	+19° 03.6′	5
	15^h 02^m 40.1^s	+23° 21′ 13″	5
	15^h 19^m 28^s	+20° 53.6′	5
	15^h 21^m 37.0^s	+21° 10′ 50″	6
	15^h 31.7^m	+07° 18′	5
	15^h 49^m 17^s	+21° 49.7′	4
	15^h 48.5^m	+68° 12′	4
	15^h 59^m 13^s	+20° 45.1′	5	NGC 6027, NGC 6027a, NGC 6027b, NGC 6027c, NGC 6027d, NGC 6027e (tidal tail of NGC 6027)	Also known as UGC 10116, VV 115, Seyfert's Sextet or Serpens Sextet. Contains 2 lenticular galaxies, 3 spiral galaxies (one barred spiral) and a tidal tail.
	15^h 59^m 12^s	+65° 13.6′	4
	16^h 18^m 13^s	+12° 47.6′	4
	16^h 28^m 22.1^s	+32° 49′ 25″	4
	16^h 35^m 40.9^s	+06° 16′ 12″	4
	16^h 44^m 08^s	+77° 50.2′	6
	18^h 50^m 22.3^s	+73° 21′ 00″	4
	19^h 51^m 59.2^s	−30° 49′ 34″	4
87	20^h 48^m 11^s	−19° 50.4′	4	ESO 597-36, PGC 65409, ESO 597-35, PGC 65414	One of the most compact groups, hosting two active galactic nuclei and a starburst among its three members, all of which show signs of interaction
	20^h 52.4^m	−05° 45′	4
	21^h 20.2^m	−03° 54′	4
	22^h 02^m 06.3^s	−31° 55′ 48″	4	, , and
	22^h 09^m 00.8^s	−27° 47′ 36″	4
	22^h 35^m 57.5^s	+33° 57′ 36″	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 is 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, NGC 7318.
	23^h 15^m 12.2^s	+18° 59′ 31″	5
	23^h 17^m 16.5^s	+18° 43′ 11″	7
	23^h 19^m 32^s	+09° 29.5′	4
	23^h 27^m 58^s	+08° 46.4′	4	NGC 7674, NGC 7674A, , PGC 71507
	23^h 47^m 24.0^s	−02° 19′ 08″	5
	23^h 54.2^m	+00° 22′	4
	00^h 00^m 43^s	+28° 23.7′	4
	00^h 01.3^m	+13° 07′	4

Gallery[]

NGC 201 is a barred spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way, a member of ^[7]
by Hubble Space Telescope^[8]
by Hubble Space Telescope
by Hubble Space Telescope
The four members of HCG 44 by Hunter Wilson

References[]

^ Hickson, Paul (1982). "Systematic properties of compact groups of galaxies". Astrophysical Journal. 255: 382–391. Bibcode:1982ApJ...255..382H. doi:10.1086/159838.
^ "Compact Groups of Galaxies". Retrieved 23 October 2006.
^ ^a ^b "HCG". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
^ Hickson, P. (1982). "Systematic properties of compact groups of galaxies". Astrophysical Journal. 255: Part 1, 382–391. Bibcode:1982ApJ...255..382H. doi:10.1086/159838.
^ "Anne's Picture of the Day: Hickson Compact Group 7". Anne's Astronomy News. 27 December 2012.
^ "Hubble views a bizarre cosmic quartet". Space Daily. 22 June 2015.
^ "A fossil in the making". ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
^ "A members-only galaxy club". ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

External links[]

Astronomy Picture of the Day – Galaxy Group Hickson 31 – 22 February 2010

[Hickson1993-1] Hickson, Paul (1982). "Systematic properties of compact groups of galaxies". Astrophysical Journal. 255: 382–391. Bibcode:1982ApJ...255..382H. doi:10.1086/159838.

[Hickson1997-2] "Compact Groups of Galaxies". Retrieved 23 October 2006.

[simbad-3] "HCG". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

[4] Hickson, P. (1982). "Systematic properties of compact groups of galaxies". Astrophysical Journal. 255: Part 1, 382–391. Bibcode:1982ApJ...255..382H. doi:10.1086/159838.

[5] "Anne's Picture of the Day: Hickson Compact Group 7". Anne's Astronomy News. 27 December 2012.

[SpaceDaily-2015-06-22-6] "Hubble views a bizarre cosmic quartet". Space Daily. 22 June 2015.

[7] "A fossil in the making". ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

[8] "A members-only galaxy club". ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

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