John Herschel discovered NGC 1849 = h2778 on 3 Jan 1837 and recorded "vF; lE; glbM; 25". His position from a single sweep is ~30" NNW of center.

600/800mm - 30" (11/4/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly bright, irregularly round, 1' diameter, small bright core, no resolution. An equilateral triangle of mag 11/12 stars with sides of 2.4' is centered 4' SW. While scanning the field, I noticed open cluster S-L 283 7.7' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb