John Herschel discovered NGC 6774 = h2034 on 27 Jul 1830 and recorded "a very large straggling space of loose stars, 8, 9, and 10m." On a second sweep (27 Jul 1830), he logged "a fine, L, loosely scattered cl of large with some small stars. Fills 2 or 3 fields." His single good position matches mag 8.4 HD 180326, near the center of this large, loose group. The Sky Catalogue 2000.0 calls the cluster Ru 147.

300/350mm - 13.1" (8/5/83): large, scattered field of 50 stars mag 11 and fainter in a 20' diameter although no real borders. Does not contain any rich spots. Possibly not a true open cluster.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb