NGC 6041

NGC 6041 is a giant elliptical galaxy^[2] located about 470 million light-years away^[3] in the constellation Hercules.^[4] NGC 6041 has an extended envelope that is distorted towards the galaxy pair Arp 122.^[2] NGC 6041 is the brightest galaxy (BCG) in the Hercules Cluster.^[5][6] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1870.^[7]

NGC 6041
Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 6041.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hercules
Right ascension	16h 04m 35.8s[1]
Declination	+17° 43′ 18″[1]
Redshift	0.035151[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	10538 km/s [1]
Distance	145 Mpc (473 Mly)[1]
Group or cluster	Hercules Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.5[1]
Characteristics
Type	E+2[2]
Size	~217,300 ly (66.63 kpc)[1] (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.13 x 0.82[1]
Other designations
UGC 10170, MCG +03-41-078, PGC 56962, VV 213[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (6001–7000)
• Messier 87
• NGC 1399
• NGC 4874
• NGC 4889