John Herschel discovered NGC 1786 = h2729 on 26 Nov 1834 and logged "vB, E, S. Stellar, like a star 9th mag blurred." On the second of 3 sweeps it was called "vB, R, vsmbM, 30"."

600/800mm - 24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): exceptionally bright, relatively large, round, 45" diameter, extremely high surface bright core. A mag 11-12 star is superimposed just northwest of the core! KMHK 412 was picked up as a very faint glow 6.5' SE and just north of two mag 13 stars. NGC 1786 is one of 15 bona-fide ancient GC's in the LMC.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb