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A Flight to HCG 40

Hickson Compact Group 40: A Flight Through Interacting Galaxies

This visualization, which uses scientific data, begins by illustrating the location of the Hickson Compact Group 40 in the constellation Hydra. It then zooms into a lonely patch of sky inhabited by the close-knit group's five galaxies. Finally, it shows a fly-through of this eclectic bunch — which includes three spiral-shaped galaxies, an elliptical galaxy and a lenticular (lens-like) galaxy — and how they are situated in relation to each other.

  • Release Date
    April 19, 2022
  • Science Release
    Celebrating Hubble’s 32nd Birthday with an Eclectic Galaxy Grouping
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  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, STScI

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Hickson Compact Group 40

NASA is celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope's 32nd birthday with a stunning look at an unusual close-knit collection of five galaxies, called The Hickson Compact Group 40. This menagerie includes three spiral-shaped galaxies, an elliptical galaxy, and a lenticular (lens-like)...

Image titled “Hickson Compact Group 40 (HCG 40), HST WFC3/UVIS” with compass arrows, scale bar, and color key.

Hickson Compact Group 40 Compass

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Last Updated
Mar 11, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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Joseph DePasquale, Alyssa Pagan

Music Credit

Joseph DePasquale

Acknowledgment Credit

Akira Fujii, David Malin

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