NGC 1872

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

{{Infobox open cluster|

| image = Image:NGC 1872.jpg

| caption = NGC 1872, a rich cluster of thousands of stars lying in our small neighbouring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, 3{{prime}} view

| credit = ESA/Hubble and NASA

| name = NGC 1872

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|05|13|11.7}}{{cite simbad

| title=NGC 1872

| access-date=2007-05-02}}

| dec = {{DEC|-69|18|45}}

| appmag_v = 11.4

| size_v = 1{{prime}}

| radius_ly =

| absmag_v =

| constellation = Dorado{{cite book

| editor=R. W. Sinnott

| title= The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer

| date=1988

| publisher=Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press

| isbn=978-0-933346-51-2}}

| notes =

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NGC 1872 is an open cluster within the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado. It was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826.{{cite web|title=NGC 1872: open or globular cluster?|url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1013a/|website=Hubble Space Telescope|publisher=ESA|access-date=13 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713183022/http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1013a/|archive-date=13 July 2015|url-status=dead}}

NGC 1872 has characteristics of both globular clusters and open clusters - it is visually as rich as a typical globular but is much younger, and, like many open clusters, has bluer stars. Such intermediate clusters are common in the Large Magellanic Cloud.