Hickson Compact Group 92

E290084

compact galaxy group deep-sky object interacting galaxy system

Hickson Compact Group 92 is a famous compact group of interacting galaxies in the constellation Pegasus, notable for its dramatic tidal distortions and shock fronts caused by galactic collisions.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Hickson Compact Group 92 canonical	8

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	compact galaxy group ⓘ deep-sky object ⓘ interacting galaxy system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	HCG 92 ⓘ Stephan's Quintet ⓘ
approximateDistance	290 million light-years ⓘ 90 megaparsecs ⓘ
catalogCode	NGC 7319 ⓘ surface form: Arp 319 HCG 92 ⓘ
containsGalaxy	NGC 7317 ⓘ NGC 7318B ⓘ surface form: NGC 7318A NGC 7318B ⓘ NGC 7319 ⓘ NGC 7320 ⓘ NGC 7320C ⓘ
discoveredBy	Édouard Stephan ⓘ
discoveryYear	1877 ⓘ
environment	dense small-scale galaxy group ⓘ
hasActiveGalaxy	NGC 7319 ⓘ surface form: Seyfert 2 nucleus in NGC 7319
hasFeature	intergalactic gas filament ⓘ intergalactic shock front ⓘ large-scale tidal tails ⓘ star-forming regions in tidal debris ⓘ
hasGalaxyType	barred spiral galaxies ⓘ elliptical galaxies ⓘ spiral galaxies ⓘ
locatedInConstellation	Pegasus ⓘ
memberCount	5 ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic tidal distortions ⓘ shock fronts caused by galactic collisions ⓘ strong gravitational interactions between member galaxies ⓘ
observedByTelescope	Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ James Webb Space Telescope ⓘ Spitzer Space Telescope ⓘ Very Large Array ⓘ
observedIn	X-ray wavelengths ⓘ optical wavelengths ⓘ radio wavelengths ⓘ
partOfCatalog	Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies ⓘ Hickson Compact Group catalogue ⓘ surface form: Hickson Compact Group catalog
redshift	0.0215 ⓘ
showsPhenomenon	galaxy harassment ⓘ ram-pressure stripping ⓘ shock-induced star formation ⓘ
skyLocation	near the border of Pegasus and Pisces ⓘ
usedAs	laboratory for studying galaxy interactions ⓘ testbed for models of shock physics in the intergalactic medium ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stephan's Quintet → alsoKnownAs → Hickson Compact Group 92 ⓘ

NGC 7317 is an elliptical galaxy → isMemberOfGalaxyGroup → Hickson Compact Group 92 ⓘ

subject surface form: NGC 7317

NGC 7318A is an elliptical galaxy → isPartOf → Hickson Compact Group 92 ⓘ

subject surface form: NGC 7318A

NGC 7319 is a barred spiral galaxy → partOf → Hickson Compact Group 92 ⓘ

subject surface form: NGC 7319

Hickson Compact Group catalogue → contains → Hickson Compact Group 92 ⓘ

NGC 7319 → partOf → Hickson Compact Group 92 ⓘ

NGC 7319 → hasGalaxyClusterMembership → Hickson Compact Group 92 ⓘ

NGC 7318B → partOf → Hickson Compact Group 92 ⓘ