DeLisle Stewart discovered IC 2148 = DS 305 on a plate taken on 18 Dec 1900 at Harvard's Arequipa Station. He noted "vF, vS, bM." NED classifies this cluster as a globular.

400/500mm - 18" (4/8/16 - Coonabarabran, 139x and 236x): IC 2148 is a very faint outlying LMC cluster situated 25' SE of IC 2140 and 9.5' SE of mag 8.2 HD 38473. It appeared fairly small, round, 25" diameter, low even surface brightness.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb