John Herschel discovered NGC 176 = h2335 in the SMC on 12 Aug 1834 and recorded "eF; R; near a *8m (At the beginning of the Nubecula Minor." On a second sweep he logged "eF; S; lE, resolvable." His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 18" (7/10/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 128x this SMC cluster is fairly faint, fairly small, round, ~40" diameter, low surface brightness with a brighter core. It appeared unresolved except for a mag 13 star at the north edge and a mag 14 star at the south edge. NGC 152 lies 13' WNW. Located 3.5' NNE of mag 8 HD 3395.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb