Rudolph Spitaler discovered IC 837 = Spitaler 60, along with IC 834, 835 and 838, on 24 Feb 1892. He described the IC 835, 837 pair as "Two pale, round nebulae of 30" diameter."

600/800mm - 24" (6/3/19): at 322x; faint, small, elongated 2:1 ~N-S, ~30"x15". This member of AGC 1656 (Coma Galaxy Cluster) is located 9' ENE of IC 835 and 12' NW of NGC 4849.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb