NGC 6081 (also IC 1202, MCG 2-41-19, UGC 10272 and PGC 57506) is a magnitude +13.5 spiral galaxy located 238 million light-years away in the constellation of Hercules.
The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) Foucault reflector (silvered-glass mirror) at the Marseille Observatory on the 26th July 1870. The galaxy was rediscovered by Lewis Swift in April 1888 and relisted as IC 1202.
Right Ascension 16h 12m 56.8s, Declination +09° 52' 04"
