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HCG
(redirected from Hickson Compact Group)

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HCGHuman Chorionic Gonadotropin
HCGHickson Compact Group (galaxies)
HCGHardcore Gamer
HCGHealth Care Guide
HCGHarbinger Consulting Group (Ham Lake, MN)
HCGHuron Consulting Group, Inc (Providence, RI)
HCGHentai Computer Graphics
HCGHoover Crip Gang
HCGHoefler Consulting Group
HCGHartford Computer Group, Inc.
HCGHoover Criminal Gang
HCGHorizontal location of center of gravity
HCGHard Copy Generator
HCGHagedorn Center for Geriatrics (New Jersey)
HCGHUMINT Coordination Group (now CJ2X)
HCGHuman Communications Group
HCGHigh Country Gardens (New Mexico)
HCGHoliday Cottages Group Ltd. (UK)
HCGHarman Consumer Group (various locations)
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The three pictured galaxies - NGC 7173, NCG 7174 and NGC 7176 - are part of the Hickson Compact Group 90, named after astronomer Paul Hickson, who first catalogued these small clusters of galaxies in the 1980s.
Galactic 'tug of war' may create giant 'island universe' in deep space by Asian News International
 
 
 
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