NGC 1818 is a young globular cluster in the north-west part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, about 3.2 kpc from the center.

[7] It was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop in 1826,[8] and has since been well studied.

[5] Age estimates for the cluster range from 25[7] to 40[6] million years.

This may be explained by interactions with other stars in the denser core disrupting binary systems, before mass segregation of the cluster has begun to take effect.

[5] The cluster contains few if any blue stragglers, which are the result of stellar mergers.