James Dunlop probably discovered NGC 1898 = D 124 on 27 Sep 1826 and recorded "a very small round nebula, about 12" diameter." He made 2 observations and his position is 5' SW of this LMC globular. John Herschel found NGC 1898 = h2822 on 24 Nov 1834 and described it as "F; R; 40"." His position from a single sweep is accurate. Herschel noted this object as possibly D 124.

600/800mm - 30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 394x; fairly bright, moderately large, irregular outline, nearly 1.0' diameter, bright central region, very mottled, contains a very small bright nucleus. A mag 12.5 star is just off the southwest edge, 30" from center and two mag 12 stars are 2' S and 1.7' SE . Set within a rich background glow from the LMC, 12' W of NGC 1918, a large nebulous cluster. Open cluster S-L 363 is 6' E and NGC 1894 is 12' NNW. NGC 1898 is one of 15 bona-fide ancient GC's in the LMC.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb