How bright is Asteroid 4 Vesta?

The current visual magnitude of Asteroid 4 Vesta is 5.96. Given its brightness, Asteroid 4 Vesta should be barely visible to naked eye under a clear and dark sky, easily visible with the help of a small binocular.

The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Asteroid 4 Vesta, according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.