Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 937 = St XIII-19 (along with NGC 946 = St XIII-20) on 12 Dec 1884 with the 31" reflector at the Marseille Observatory. His description reads "vF* with slight neb" and his position matches UGC 1961 = PGC 9480.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/26/94): very faint, very small glow either surrounding a bright stellar nucleus or a mag 13 star is superimposed at the center. Located within a group of about a dozen faint stars in a 4' diameter with a single brighter mag 11 star at the SW side 2.3' from NGC 937. Unusual appearance as the galaxy appears set in a very faint cluster. Located on the east side of AGC 347 with NGC 946 15' E.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb