S-L 628 lies 7' NE. It was immediately seen as an moderately bright, fairly small glow, round, 25" diameter, fairly high surface brightness, no resolution.

John Herschel discovered NGC 2053 = h2927 on 2 Jan 1837 and noted "F; lE; gbM; 2'." His position from a single sweep is 1' SSE of this cluster.

300/350mm - 14" (4/4/16 - Coonabarabran, 145x and 178x): fairly bright, relatively large, slightly elongated N-S, 1.0' diameter, smooth glow at 145x, slightly mottled at 178x. A mag 12 star is 1.2' W. Located 23' W of mag 7.0 HD 38616 and ~15' NE of the showpiece Seagull Nebula complex (NGC 2030, 2032, 2035, 2040).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb