Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 3537 = T V-8 on 7 Feb 1878. He resolved and accurately measured the two components of this double galaxy (PGC 33752 = PGC 33753).

Andrew Ainslie Common found this galaxy in 1880 and described object #13 in his discovery list as "2 stars inv in haze, Pos. 160 deg." RNGC and MCG both misidentify MCG -02-29-003 as NGC 3537. See Corwin's notes.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/4/02): fairly faint, fairly small, irregularly round, ~1.0'x0.8', moderate surface brightness, weak concentration to an irregular nucleus. This is a double system with a superimposed companion on the south side. Located 8' W of mag 8.7 SAO 138012. NGC 3527 is misidentified in the RNGC and MCG as MCG -02-29-003 which is located 14' S (see visual observation).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb