E.E. Barnard and Sherburne Burnham discovered IC 937 along with IC 938 in a group around June 1892 with the 36" Lick refractor. Corwin and Steinicke identify IC 937 with 2MASX J13442896+5537482, which is located just 1' S of Barnard's position. See IC 917 for more.

900/1200mm - 48" (5 /9/18): faint to fairly faint, small, round, 12"-15" diameter. Forms a close pair with IC 938 just 0.4' SE in the core of AGC 1783. This galaxy is situated 3.2' E of mag 7.2 HD 119821, beyond two mag 11.6 and 12.5 stars that line up to the east of the bright star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb