NGC 4314 is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 53[3] million light-years away in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices.

It is positioned around 3° to the north and slightly west of the star Gamma Comae Berenices and is visible in a small telescope.

[8] It was labelled as peculiar by Allan Sandage in 1961 because of the unusual structure in the center of the bar.

[9] 76 open clusters of stars have been found associated with this ring, and these are probably due, at least in part, to Lindblad resonance.

The current burst of galactic star formation is estimated to have lasted 30 million years.