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NGC 1869
NGC
1869
is an
open cluster
in the
Dorado constellation
. It is located within the
Large Magellanic Cloud
. It was
discovered
by
James Dunlop
on
September 24
,
1826
, using a
telescope
reflector
with a nine-inch
aperture
. It is a large
cluster
of
rich
scattered
stars
. It is part of a triple
association
with
NGC 1871
and
NGC 1873
. It has an
apparent magnitude
of
14
.0.