John Herschel discovered NGC 1844 = h2773 on 2 Nov 1834 and described "pB, R, gbM, 60"." On a second sweep he recorded "pF, R, gbM, 25", has two stars 12th mag to the north." On a third observation is only logged "F, R". The final observation reads: "F, R, bM, the following of two [with NGC 1842 = h2772]."

400/500mm - 18" (7/10/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): moderately bright, fairly small, round, ~40" diameter, fairly smooth with only a weak concentration to the center. Two mag 12-13 stars lie to the south and a mag 10 star (HD 33631) is 8' SW. Nearby is the larger (globular?) cluster NGC 1846 8' S.

600/800mm - 24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly bright, moderately large, irregular (brightest portion is triangular shaped), 45"-60" diameter. A couple of faint stars are resolved at the edges with two interior stars occasionally resolving. Mottled appearance on the verge of higher resolution. A mag 12.4 star lies 2' SSW. NGC 1842 lies 3.4' NNW with NGC 1846 8' S.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb