John Herschel discovered NGC 4837 = h1489 on 7 Mar 1831 and recorded "a rather doubtful object; haze". There is nothing near his position, but 30' south is UGC 8026, a reasonable candidate assuming a digit error in recording the North Polar Distance. Note a 1 degree error in declination was apparently made 4 nights later.

Malcolm Thomson feels this number is best left "Not Found", although Harold Corwin equates NGC 4837 with UGC 8068. CGCG and RNGC identify UGC 8068 as NGC 4837, but not the MCG or UGC.

400/500mm - 18" (7/1/03): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, 1.0'x0.4', nearly even surface brightness. This is a double system (not resolved). The identification of NGC 4837 with UGC 8068 is uncertain.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb