* Astronomy

NGC 1820 (also ESO 85-SC39) is a magnitude +9.0 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) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 2nd January 1837

Right Ascension 05 04 04.0 Declination -67° 16' 18"