Albert Marth discovered NGC 6314 = m 333, along with NGC 6308 and 6315, on 6 Jun 1863 and noted "F, vS, R, bM." These were the first three galaxies he discovered with William Lassell's 48-inch on Malta and his position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S, small bright core, substellar nucleus. Forms a pair with NGC 6315 3.3' SE. NGC 6308 lies 11.2' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb