John Herschel discovered NGC 2114 = h2974 on 30 Jan 1835 and described as "eF; pL; irreg R." His position (single sweep) is accurate.

James Dunlop possibly discovered NGC 2114 = D 186? on 27 Sep 1826 and recorded "a very small faint nebula". His position is 14' SE of the cluster. Wolfgang Steinicke equates D 187 with NGC 2114. His position for this entry is 19' SE of the cluster.

600/800mm - 30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x and 394x; this fairly faint to moderately bright LMC cluster is elongated SW to NE, ~1' diameter. A mag 14 star is at the southwest edge and another is near the north edge, 30" from center. In addition, a couple of individual stars are within the main body of the cluster. A mag 11.3 is 1.4' ESE of the cluster, mag 10 HD 270109 is 4.5' NW and mag 7.5 HD 38942 is 15' WSW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb