It has been classified as an extreme blazar due to having a flat high energy gamma ray spectrum[5] or alternatively, a high-energy BL Lac.

[6] One accepted theory for this energy source in most active galactic nuclei is a presence of an accretion disk around its supermassive black hole.

The mass of the black hole in the center of the galaxy is estimated to be 8.93 ± 0.70 Mʘ based on a fundamental plane measurement.

It has a redshift magnitude relation of -24.85 and a galaxy effective radius of 51.2 kiloparsecs, which its overall luminosity distribution is obtained via a de Vaucouleurs profile.

[9] Given 1ES 1741+196 has a flat luminosity profile, its position along an impact parameter towards the neighbors and a high ellipticity, this suggests tidal forces.