NGC 6047 (also MCG 3-41-87 and PGC 57033) is a magnitude +13.5 elliptical galaxy located 431 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules.
The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 27th June 1886.
Right Ascension 16h 05m 09s, Declination +17° 43' 47"
