NGC 2937 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Hydra.
Its velocity relative to the cosmic microwave background is 105.1 ± 7.4 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 105.1 ± 7.4 Mpc (~343 million ly).
[1] NGC 2937 was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth in 1864.
The shape of NGC 2936 has earned it the nickname of the "porpoise galaxy".
[4] This pair of galaxies also appears in the Catalog of Collisional Ring Galaxies by Madore, Nelson and Petrillo.