I present observations of the Hickson Compact Group 88 ( HCG88 ) obtained during the commissioning of a new 28-inch telescope at the Wise Observatory .
This galaxy group was advertised to be non-interacting , or to be in a very early interaction stage , but this is not the case .
The observations reported here were done using a “ luminance ” filter , essentially a very broad R filter , reaching a low surface brightness level of \approx 26 mag arcsec ^ { -2 } .
Additional observations were obtained in a narrow spectral band approximately centered on the rest-frame H \alpha line from the group .
Contrary to previous studies , my observations show that at least two of the major galaxies have had significant interactions in the past , although probably not between themselves .
I report the discovery of a faint extended tail emerging from the brightest of the group galaxies , severe isophote twisting and possible outer shells around another galaxy , and map the HII regions in all the galaxies .