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NGC 6041
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
.