Brightest in the large NGC 182 group (sometimes called the NGC 200 group) including NGC 186, NGC 193, NGC 194, NGC 198, NGC 199, NGC 200, NGC 202, NGC 203, NGC 204, NGC 208.

William Herschel discovered NGC 182 = H III-870 on 25 Dec 1790 (sweep 985) and logged "vF, S, iR, vgbM." The NGC position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/8/88): moderately bright, small, round, bright core, faint stellar nucleus. Located 4' SE of mag 7.6 SAO 128868.

600/800mm - 24" (12/12/17): at 375x; bright, moderately large, slightly elongated, 1.0'x0.8', sharply concentrated with a very bright round core. Located 3.6' SE of mag 7.7 HD 3503.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb