Lewis Swift discovered NGC 437 = Sw. V-11 on 22 Oct 1886 with the 16" refractor at the Warner Observatory. His position is 8 seconds of time too far west but his description "F * nr np" applies to this galaxy. Hermann Kolbold measured an accurate positionin 1895 at the Strasbourg Observatory (not published until 1907).

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/30/91): fairly faint, small, round, small bright core, stellar nucleus. A mag 13.5 star is 1.1' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb