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NGC 1814 (also ESO 85-SC36) is a magnitude +9.0 open star cluster and emission nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud located ~160,000 light-years away 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 2nd November 1834. 

Position (J2000): R.A. 05h 03m 46.5s  |  Dec. -67° 18' 03"



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