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NGC 1804 (also ESO 56-SC46) is a magnitude +11.9 open star cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud 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 3rd November 1834. 

Position (J2000): R.A. 05h 01m 03.3s  |  Dec. -69° 04' 58"



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