John Herschel discovered NGC 1919 = h2832 on 3 Jan 1837 and described a "cluster, 6th class, extremely faint, large, irregularly round, 4' diameter. Resolved into small stars with nebulous light." His position (single sweep) is accurate. NGC 1915 may be a duplicate observation (see that number).

600/800mm - 24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): large group of ~10 stars mag 13.5-15 in an irregular 2.5' group. The stars are involved in a fairly bright patch of nebulosity (LMC-N37), which probably including some unresolved stars. A 6' elongated string of mag 11-12 stars is centered roiughly 3' N and NGC 1920 is 6' NNE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb