At 244x; easily identified as a partially resolved large cluster, elongated E-W and at least 2' diameter. A mag 11.2 star is off the south side. At 397x; a total of ~15 stars were resolved, mostly in the mag 15+ range. The cluster is situated 6.8' S of mag 9.4 HD 268873. Another 11' NW of S-L 111 is S-L 95, which appeared fairly faint, round, 30" diameter, bright core, no resolution.

John Herschel discovered NGC 1789 = h2733 on 15 Dec 1835 and called it "vF, R, vglbM, 40"." His position is about 40" too far north.

600/800mm - 30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): fairly bright, fairly large, slightly elongated ~E-W, ~45" diameter. A couple of mag 15.5 stars are resolved, one near the west end and another on the northeast side. Situated on the southwest end of the LMC, with no other significant LMC clusters in the immediate vicinity, though S-L 111 lies 30' NNW. The description below of S-L 111 was made on 10/17/17 using a 25" f/5.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb