John Herschel discovered NGC 1676 = h2669 on 13 Dec 1835 and recorded "vF; irreg R; 90"; resolvable." In 1926, Robert Innes, with the 26-inch refractor of the Union Observatory, described NGC 1676 as "a small cloud of 14 and 15 mag stars, 2' diameter."

600/800mm - 30" (11/6/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly faint, moderately large, 1' diameter. Between 8 to 10 faint stars are resolved over the irregularly shaped glow. KMHK 59, a faint cluster, was picked up 5' NNE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb