John Herschel discovered NGC 1834 = h2764 on 11 Nov 1836 and recorded (single sweep) "B, vvS, lE, uniform in light, 10" across." His position is 30" S of this compact cluster. The NGC description added the query "Planetary?" On the DSS, this object appears to be an extremely compact cluster, though perhaps a brighter star is superimposed.

Eric Lindsay, in the 1964 paper "Some NGC objects in the Large Magellanic Cloud", comments "A fairly bright star blended with two faint ones. Questioned as a planetary nebula in the NGC. Prism plates show a fairly strong continuum only, and it is probably an early-type star." RNGC follows Lindsay and misidentifies NGC 1834 as a triple star. Hodge and Wright note that it "may only be a bright star in a rich field". The ESO records it as a globular cluster (ESO 056-SC060) but gives no other details. NGC 2000.0 misidentifies this object as an asterism.

600/800mm - 30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): bright, small, round, thin halo, just 20" diameter, mottled but no resolution. Located 2.8' SE of mag 9.3 HD 33487. NGC 1834 (and nearby clusters NGC 1828 and 1830) is 12' S.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb