IC 4537

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Serpens}}

{{Infobox galaxy|name=IC 4537|image=File:IC4537 - SDSS DR14.jpg|caption=IC 4537 taken by SDSS|constellation name=Serpens|ra={{RA|15|17|32.4}}|dec={{DEC|+02|02|50.6}}|z=0.054244|h_radial_v=16,262 km/s|dist_ly=736 Mly (225.6 Mpc)|appmag_v=0.11|type=E3, LINER|sbrightness=23.9 mag/arcsec|names=PGC 54583, CGCG 021-070, 2MASX J15173246+0202504, SDSS J151732.44+020250.6, NSA 125157, ASK 695467.0, LEDA 54583|epoch=J2000|appmag_b=0.15|size_v=0.7' x 0.4'}}

IC 4537 is a type S0-a{{Cite web |title=HyperLeda -object description |url=http://atlas.obs-hp.fr/hyperleda/ledacat.cgi?o=IC%204537 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=atlas.obs-hp.fr}} lenticular galaxy located in the Serpens constellation.{{Cite web |last=Astronomy |first=Go |title=IC 4537 {{!}} galaxy in Serpens {{!}} IC List {{!}} GO ASTRONOMY |url=https://www.go-astronomy.com/ic.php?ID=4726 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Go-Astronomy.com |language=en-US}} It is located 736 million light-years from the Solar System{{Cite web |title=Your NED Search Results |url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=40413&objname=1&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu}} and was discovered by astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard{{Cite web |title=Index Catalog Objects: IC 4500 - 4549 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic45.htm#ic4537 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=cseligman.com}} although the year of discovery was unknown. IC 4537 has a surface brightness of magnitude 23.9 and a right ascension of (15 hours: 17.5 minutes) and declination (+0.2 degrees : 02 minutes).{{Cite web |title=IC 4537 |url=https://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?CatalogNumber=IC+4537 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=spider.seds.org}} IC 4537 is located approximately 15 arc minutes away from the globular cluster Messier 5.{{Cite web |last=Pommier |first=Rod |date= |title=M5 AND GALAXY IC 4537 IN SERPENS |url=https://skyandtelescope.org/online-gallery/m5-and-galaxy-ic-4537-in-serpens/ |archive-date= |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Sky & Telescope}}