NGC 6041

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Hercules}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 6041

| image = SDSS NGC 6041.jpeg

| caption = Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 6041.

| epoch = J2000

| type = E+2

| ra = {{RA|16|04|35.8}}

| dec = {{DEC|+17|43|18}}

| dist_ly ={{convert|145|Mpc|Mly|0|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| group_cluster = Hercules Cluster

| h_radial_v = 10538 km/s {{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 6041

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2018-01-20}}

| z = 0.035151

| appmag_v = 14.5

| size_v = 1.13 x 0.82

| constellation name = Hercules

| names = {{ odlist | PGC= 56962 | UGC= 10170 | VV= 213 | MCG= +03-41-078}}

|size=~{{convert|66.63|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)}}

NGC 6041 is a giant elliptical galaxy{{Cite web|url=http://kudzu.astr.ua.edu/devatlas/NGC_6042______R___________.html|title=NGC 6041/42 - E+2 (gE) + E+1 (gE)|website=The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies|access-date=2018-01-11|archive-date=2019-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302231511/http://kudzu.astr.ua.edu/devatlas/NGC_6042______R___________.html|url-status=dead}} located about 470 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+6041A&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-01-22}} in the constellation Hercules.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC6041|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 6041|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2018-01-22}} NGC 6041 has an extended envelope that is distorted towards the galaxy pair Arp 122. NGC 6041 is the brightest galaxy (BCG) in the Hercules Cluster.{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+6041A|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-01-22}}{{Cite news|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC%206041|title=NGC 6041|access-date=2018-01-22}} The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1870.{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc60.htm#6041|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6000 - 6049|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-11}}