John Herschel discovered NGC 1944 = h2852 on 8 Feb 1836 and described as "pB; R; bM; 90"." His position is just off the NW side of this globular cluster.

600/800mm - 30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright, fairly large, round, thin halo, 1.2' diameter, mottled, only a few stars resolved around the edges of the halo. A mag 13.5-14 star is off the SW edge, a mag 15.5 star is at the NW edge. Situated within a nice group of stars including four nearby mag 12.5 stars; 1.4' SE, 2' SSE, 2' N and 3.4' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb