John Herschel discovered NGC 1934 = h2842 on 23 Nov 1834 and recorded "The second nucleus of the compound nebula figured in fig 2, Plate III, from diagram." The resolution on the pdf of Herschel's sketch in the LMC is not sharp enough to identify which "knot" JH is referring to within the complex (NGC 1929, 1935, 1936, 1937). At the position indicated here (from Corwin), there is nothing that stands out on the DSS or in my observation, other than a few stars. The "LMC extended catalog" (Bica+, 1999) places the center of NGC 1934 2' further north and there is another "knot" near this position on JH's sketch. James Dunlop discovered the entire LH 47 association = D 175, though NGC 1934 is probably not one of the "seats of attraction" in the description.

600/800mm - 24" (4/7/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): this is a locally brighter patch in the NGC 1929-34-35-36-37 complex (stellar association LH 47), situated immediately northwest of NGC 1935. This patch is not as well defined as the other NGC objects in this bright HII complex but NGC 1935 is noticeable as it involves a mag 12 star and a number of fainter stars.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb