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