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NGC 2053 (also ESO 86-SC17) is a magnitude +12.2 open 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 2nd January 1837

Right Ascension 05 37 39.8 Declination -67° 24' 47"



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