* Astronomy

NGC 1951 (also ESO 085-SC086, h 2858, GC 1158, KMH90-886, and SL 464) is a magnitude +10.6 open star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud located in the constellation Dorado.

The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 23rd December 1834.

Right Ascension 05^h 26^m 06.9^s, Declination -66° 35' 50"