NGC 6914

{{Short description|Reflection nebula in the constellation Cygnus}}

{{Infobox nebula

| image =File:N6914s.jpg

| caption= NGC 6914

| constellation = Cygnus

| name = NGC 6914

| type = Reflection

| epoch = J2000.0

| ra = {{RA|20|24|43.3}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 6914

| url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/ui/?q=objsearch&omegam=0.27&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&objname=NGC%206914&hconst=73&img_stamp=YES&list_limit=5&of=pre_text&out_equinox=J2000.0&corr_z=1&omegav=0.73&obj_sort=RA%20or%20Longitude

| access-date=December 21, 2016

| archive-date=December 22, 2016

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222222340/https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/ui/?q=objsearch&omegam=0.27&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&objname=NGC

| url-status=dead

}}

| dec = {{DEC|42|28|58}}

| dist_ly = 6,000{{cite web

| title=2011 March 4: NGC 6914 Nebulae

| work=Astronomy Picture of the Day

| url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/ui/?q=objsearch&omegam=0.27&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&objname=NGC%206914&hconst=73&img_stamp=YES&list_limit=5&of=pre_text&out_equinox=J2000.0&corr_z=1&omegav=0.73&obj_sort=RA%20or%20Longitude

| access-date=December 21, 2016

| archive-date=December 22, 2016

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222222340/https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/ui/?q=objsearch&omegam=0.27&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&objname=NGC

| url-status=dead

}}

| dist_pc =

| appmag_v =

| size_v = 3.0' × 3.0'{{cite web

| title=New General Catalog Objects 6900 - 6949

| work=Cseligman

| url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc69.htm#6914

| access-date=December 21, 2016}}

| radius_ly =

| absmag_v =

| notes =

| names = LBN 274, LBN 280{{cite simbad|title=NGC 6914|accessdate=2021-02-27}}

}}

NGC 6914 is a reflection nebula located approximately 6,000 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus, and was discovered by Édouard Stephan on August 29, 1881. Ultraviolet radiation from stars in the Cygnus OB2 association ionize the nebula's hydrogen.