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We reexamine the statistics of discordant redshift galaxies in compact groups. We find that 43 out of 100 groups in the Hickson catalog contain at least one discordant redshift galaxy. We show that, despite the prevailing impression, all previous attempts have failed to explain this large number of discordant redshift galaxies. The order of magnitude excess survives all of our attempts to refine the sample.
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Sulentic, J.W., Smith, J.B. A fresh look at discordant redshift galaxies in compact groups. Astrophys Space Sci 244, 23–28 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00642277
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