William Herschel discovered NGC 2918 = H III-298 = h611 on 13 Mar 1785 (sweep 386) and logged "vF, vS, iR, lbM." John Herschel recorded on 27 Jan 1827 (sweep 56), "F; R; vsbM almost to a *."

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/12/94): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.8', bright core has a slight even concentration down to an occasional faint stellar nucleus. Located at midpoint of two mag 13.5 stars 2.5' S and 2.5' N.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb