NGC 6172 (also IC 1213, MCG 0-42-3, UGC 10352 and PGC 57937) is a magnitude +12.8 elliptical galaxy located 230 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens.
The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope at the Marseille Observatory on the 21st June 1884. The galaxy was rediscovered by Lewis A. Swift in April 1890 and relisted as IC 1213.
Right Ascension 16h 22m 10.2s, Declination -01° 30' 51"
