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Stephan's quintet (HCG 92)

It's a visual grup fromed by five galaxys, it was the first one to be discovered, the scientits Édouard Stephan found it in a observatory in 1877.

It's the most studied compact galaxy grup, it's formed by five members, NGC 7317, 7318A/B, 7319, and 7320.

HCG grafic

I've analised HCG 92 spectrum, and mesured the higgest pic to know wich is the principal element that formes this object.

HCG 92 grafic

  →Vanadium (V)

HCG 92 element

As I mention in NGC 7331 section Vanadium is a really commun element in galaxies.

 https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/984028.pdf