compact group Comparison Table

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compact group comparison table

Subject has number of galaxie has definition is part of has brightest member

Seyfert's Sextet 6 A compact group of galaxies surrounding NGC 6027. It has both spiral and irregular members. Serpens NGC 6027

Stephan's Quartet 4

Stephan's Quintet 5 A highly disturbed cluster of five peculiar galaxies (NGC 7317, NGC 7318A, NGC 7318B, NGC 7319, NGC 7320) in Pegasus which seem to exhibit gaseous connecting bridges. Four have large redshifts (of the order of 5700-6700 km s^-1), but the fifth member (NGC 7320) has a much smaller redshift (800 km s^-1). Discovered in 1877 by M. E. Stephan. Pegasus

Subject	has number of galaxie	has definition	is part of	has brightest member
Seyfert's Sextet	6	A compact group of galaxies surrounding NGC 6027. It has both spiral and irregular members.	Serpens	NGC 6027
Stephan's Quartet	4
Stephan's Quintet	5	A highly disturbed cluster of five peculiar galaxies (NGC 7317, NGC 7318A, NGC 7318B, NGC 7319, NGC 7320) in Pegasus which seem to exhibit gaseous connecting bridges. Four have large redshifts (of the order of 5700-6700 km s^-1), but the fifth member (NGC 7320) has a much smaller redshift (800 km s^-1). Discovered in 1877 by M. E. Stephan.	Pegasus

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