We have analyzed the intra-group light component of 3 Hickson Compact
Groups (HCG 79, HCG 88 and HCG 95) with detections in two of them:
HCG 79, with 46±11% of the total B band luminosity and HCG 95
with 11±26%. HCG 88 had no component detected. This component
is presumably due to tidally stripped stellar material trapped in
the group potential and represents an efficient tool to determine the
stage of dynamical evolution and to map its gravitational potential.
To detect this low surface brightness structure we have applied the
wavelet technique OV_WAV, which separates the different components of
the image according to their spatial characteristic sizes.