  We present the first measurement of multiplicity and pseudorapidity
distributions of photons in the pseudorapidity region 2.3 $\le$ $\eta$ $\le$
3.7 for different centralities in Au + Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 62.4
GeV. We find that the photon yield in this pseudorapidity range scales with the
number of participating nucleons at all collision centralities studied. The
pseudorapidity distribution of photons, dominated by neutral pion decays, has
been compared to those of identified charged pions, photons, and inclusive
charged particles from heavy ion and nucleon-nucleon collisions at various
energies. The photon production in the measured pseudorapidity region has been
shown to be consistent with the energy and centrality independent limiting
fragmentation scenario.
