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| 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] |
| Helio 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 | |
| PGC 056962, UGC 10170, VV 213, MCG +03-41-078[1] | |
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]