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NGC 1854 (also NGC 1855, ESO SC72 and GC 1064) is a magnitude +10.4 globular star cluster located 24,800 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado.

The cluster was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop using a  homemade 9-foot 22.86 cm (9 inch) f/12 speculum Newtonian reflector at Paramatta, New South Wales, Australia, on the 2nd August 1826.
NGC 1855 is the outer cluster of stars surrounding of NGC 1854 which was observed by James Dunlop on the same night.

Right Ascension 05h 09m 20.0s, Declination -68° 50' 51" 



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