* Astronomy

NGC 1887 (also ESO 85-SC59) is a magnitude +12.7 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 23rd November 1834.

Right ascension 05h  16m  06.0s, Declination -66° 19' 07"