John Herschel discovered NGC 1930 = h2836 on 29 Dec 1834 and recorded, "vF; S; R glbM; 15"; has 4 B stars preceding." His position matches ESO 253-004 = PGC 17276. On a second observation he called NGC 1930 "B[bright]" instead of "vF".

300/350mm - 14" (4/7/16 - Coonabarabran, 145x and 230x): moderately bright, elongated 4:3 SSW-NNE, brighter core, 0.8'x0.6'. A distinctive collinear trio of mag 11-11.5 stars (2.6' length) is a few arc minutes west.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb