Compact Groups of Galaxies

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2609. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Groups And Clusters Of Galaxies

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Compact groups are small associations of galaxies in close proximity to one another. Typically, the separations between galaxies are comparable with the sizes of the galaxies themselves. In many cases, the galaxies show signs of tidal distortion, star formation, nuclear activity and other phenomena believed to be induced by gravitational interaction. This makes compact groups ideal laboratories f...

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