John Herschel discovered NGC 1825 between Nov 1836 and Mar 1837 with a 5-inch refractor and listed it as #199 in his preliminary catalogue of "Stars, Nebulae and Clusters in the Nubecula Major." There was no description given but his position is 1.5' NW of this LMC cluster.

600/800mm - 24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): bright, very small, round, 20" diameter, increases to a very bright quasi-stellar nucleus but no resolution. Located 3.5' WSW of mag 8.0 HD 33477. NGC 1847 lies 15' ESE and NGC 1804 is 20' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb