Lewis Swift discovered NGC 1137 = Sw. III-22 on 17 Oct 1885 with the 16-inch refractor at Warner Observatory. His position is 11 seconds of RA east and 1' south of UGC 2374.
400/500mm - 17.5" (1/7/89): faint, very small, almost round, broad concentration, stellar nucleus?
Notes by Steve Gottlieb