John Herschel discovered NGC 1860 = h2787 on 30 Dec 1836 and described as "F; R; vgbM; 60." His position is ~30" too far south.

600/800mm - 24" (4/5/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): this LMC cluster was fairly faint, moderately large, possibly elongated slightly N-S, ~35"x30", very weak concentration. A mag 10 star lies 1.7' SW. Picked up after viewing NGC 1863 (5.5' ENE) and NGC 1865 (9.5' ESE). The amazing field containing NGC 1850 (brightest cluster in the LMC), NGC 1854 and 1858 is just to the SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb