* Astronomy

NGC 1756 (also ESO 56-SC27) is a magnitude +12.2 open cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud, located in the constellation Dorado.  

The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town on the 11th November 1836.

Right Ascension 04^h 54^m 49.9^s, Declination -69° 14' 15"