NGC 5466
Boo
☀7.3mag
Ø 120' / 70'

Kangaroo

< What a beautiful play of nature! A group of faint stars covering an area of 1.5 × 1.5 degrees, located 3 degrees west of δ Bootis, forms a perfect sitting kangaroo. In the northeast, you'll find the head with ears, the front legs point southeast, and the tail goes to the west.

VIC: One of the most beautiful asterisms in the sky, perhaps the very best! In a 125mm binocular, it's flawless. A larger telescope and a dark sky are undoubtedly needed for the head to connect all the stars, including the faint ones with magnitudes from 9 to 12.

10x50: ☆☆☆☆
15x70: ★★★☆☆
25x100: ★★★★★