* Astronomy

NGC 1944 (also ESO 33-SC17) is a magnitude +11.8 open cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud located in the constellation Mensa.

The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 8th February 1836. 

Right Ascension 05h 21m 57.4s, Declination -72° 29' 40"