John Herschel discovered NGC 1776 = h2724 on 3 Jan 1837 and described "vF; S; R; gbM." His position is accurate.

600/800mm - 30" (11/4/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): located on the east side of the NGC 1763 (Bean Nebula) complex, this cluster is moderately bright, fairly small, well concentrated with a small bright core surrounded by a 50" halo. A couple of extremely faint stars are just visible in the halo. Located 5' SE of emission nebula NGC 1773, 6' ENE of emission nebula NGC 1769 and 2.7' NE of a mag 10.8 star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb