The Star Cluster Populations of Compact Galaxy Groups
  Star clusters are ideal tracers of star formation activity in systems outside
the volume that can be studied using individual, resolved stars. These
unresolved clusters span orders of magnitude in brightness and mass, and their
formation is linked to the overall star formation in their host galaxy. In that
sense, the age distribution of a cluster population is a good proxy of the
overall star formation history of the host.
  This talk presents a comparative study of clusters in seven compact galaxy
groups. The aim is to use the cluster age distributions to infer the star
formation history of these groups and link these to a proposed evolutionary
sequence for compact galaxy groups.
