John Herschel discovered NGC 1765 = h2712 on 26 Dec 1834 and described as "vF; S; R; glbM; 15"." His position, measured on two sweeps, is accurate. In 1926, Willem van den Bos called it a "Nebula with bright centre, elongated Nf and Sp. 11 mag." (26" refractor, Union Observatory).

300/350mm - 14" (4/7/16 - Coonabarabran, 178x): fairly faint or moderately bright, fairly small, round, 30" diameter, small bright core, moderate surface brightness. A mag 11.5 star is 3.9' SSE and a mag 12 star is 7.8' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb