John Herschel discovered NGC 1775 = h2725 on 12 Nov 1836 and logged "vvF, irreg R; 2'." His position is just off the east side of this 1' cluster.

600/800mm - 30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): bright, elongated ~E-W, 35" diameter, mottled. A couple of mag 16-16.5 stars occasionally resolve around the edges. A mag 14 star is 0.9' NW. The unresolved background glow of the LMC is remarkable just to the east. NGC 1754 lies 13' W and NGC 1766 is 13' NNW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb