NGC 694 is a spiral galaxy approximately 136 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Aries.

[3] It was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on December 2, 1861 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen.

[4] Supernova SN 2014bu was discovered in NGC 694 on June 17, 2014 by Berto Monard.

[7] SN 2014bu had magnitude about 15.5 and was located at RA 01h50m58.4s, DEC +22d00m00s, J2000.0.

[1] It was classified as type II-P supernova.