page_title: NGC 6041
hierarchical_section_title: NGC 6041
caption_attribution_description: English: SDSS image of NGC 6041.
context_page_description: NGC 6041 is a giant elliptical galaxy located about 470 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. NGC 6041 has an extended envelope that is distorted towards the galaxy pair Arp 122. NGC 6041 is the brightest galaxy in the Hercules Cluster. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1870.
context_section_description: NGC 6041 is a giant elliptical galaxy located about 470 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. 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.  The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1870.
caption: Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 6041.
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