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NGC 1859 (also ESO 058-SC050, KMH90-635) is a magnitude +12.3 open star cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado.

The cluster was discovered by John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 3rd December 1834. 

Right Ascension 05h 11m 31.8s, Declination -65° 14' 59"



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