NGC 1856

{{Short description|Star cluster in the constellation Dorado}}

{{Infobox globular cluster

| name = NGC 1856

| image=File:NGC 1856 WFC3.jpg

| caption=Hubble Space Telescope photograph of NGC 1856

| ra = {{RA|05|09|29.4}}[http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+1856&extend=no NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database]

| dec = {{DEC|-69|07|39}}

| epoch = J2000.0

| constellation = Dorado

| appmag_v = 10.1{{cite simbad|title=NGC 1856}}

|image size=250}}

NGC 1856 is a young, massive star cluster similar to a "blue globular cluster"Hodge, P. W.; Lee, S.-O.: [http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?1984ApJ...276..509H LMC blue globular clusters containing Cepheids. I. NGC 1856]; ApJ 276, S. 509-518 (1984) in the Magellanic Clouds in the constellation Dorado. Its age was initially reported estimated to be 80 million years, and later estimated to be around 300 million years Correnti, M.; Goudfrooij, P.; Puzia, T. H., de Mink, S. E.: [https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/450/3/3054/1074034?login=true New constraints on the star formation history of the star cluster NGC1856]; MNRAS, 450, 3054–3068 (2015) The object was discovered in 1826 by James Dunlop with a 9-inch reflecting telescope.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ngcicproject.org/ |title=NGC/IC Project |access-date=2020-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115035321/http://ngcicproject.org/ |archive-date=2013-01-15 |url-status=dead }}