* Astronomy

NGC 1862 (also ESO 85-SC51) is a magnitude +13.3 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 31st January 1835. 

Right Ascension 05h 12m 34.6s, Declination -66° 09' 16"