John Herschel discovered NGC 1925 = h2837 on 30 Nov 1834 and described a "Cluster 8th class; poor; scattered stars; a *10 mag the chief, in southern part taken." His position is close to the brightest star on the south end.

300/350mm - 13.1" (2/17/04 - Costa Rica): at 166x, appears as a 10' star cloud (association LH 45) of brighter mag 10-11 stars over a background carpet of faint stars and either haze or unresolved stars. The brightest mag 9.6 star (HD 271182) is one the west side, a couple of mag 10.5 stars are on the south side and another is on the north end. At 105x and UHC filter, the nebulosity seems to increase a bit in contrast although on the DSS, nebulosity (LMC-N43) is only visible in the northern portion (which includes a supernova remnant). NGC 1923 is located 18' N.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb