John Herschel discovered NGC 1923 = h2835 on 30 Nov 1834 and described as "vF; R; 30"." A faint and poor cluster precedes." His position is accurate. The poor cluster that precedes is part of stellar association LH 43.

300/350mm - 13.1" (2/17/04 - Costa Rica): very faint, fairly small, irregular glow, ~1'x0.5', brighter center. Just following a group of faint stars elongated NNW-SSE. This is a cluster (part of stellar association LH 43) and HII region (N40) although I didn't test to see if there was a filter response. Locate 49' E of NGC 1866.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb