John Herschel discovered NGC 1782 = h2727 on 16 Dec 1835 and described "B, R, pmbM, 35", resolvable." His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 18" (7/10/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): viewed at 228x, this bright LMC cluster was fairly small, round, 40" diameter, strongly concentrated with a bright 15" core. Several faint stars huddle very near or are resolved around the edges. NGC 1782 forms the NE vertex of a triangle with two other LMC clusters - NGC 1767 7.4' W and NGC 1772 11' SSE. Located on the east side of stellar association LH 8, which contains these clusters.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb