Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 5914 = St XII-71 on 16 May 1882. His position is accurate.
400/500mm - 17.5" (7/15/93): faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 0.5'x0.3', very small bright core, stellar nucleus. Located 11' NNW of mag 7.9 SAO 45483. NGC 5914B (double system), just 1.5' N, was not seen.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb