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NGC 1885 (also ESO 56-SC88) is a magnitude +12.0 open cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud located in the constellation Dorado.

The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 31st January 1835. 

Right Ascension 05h 15m 05.9s, Declination -68° 58' 40"



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