Beta Boötis is ‘Nikkar’ The Herdsman. This yellow giant forms the top of the kite (or head of the Hunter if you wish). From mu Boötis move to the northwest a little over one field of view.

Beta is the jump-off point to visit a well-known binary:
      Due north eight degrees is the popular binary known as Struve 1909 (or 44 Boötis). This eccentric and rapidly moving binary is currently quite accessible for medium to large telescopes, with a position angle of 54º and a separation of 2.2": orbit. With a combined visual magnitude of 4.8, it's the brightest star in a group of three: binoculars.

      Back at beta Boo, due east--just barely in the same field of view--is the pleasant binocular pair nu¹ (white) and nu² (orange). These two are unrelated, they don't form a true binary, but nevertheless make an attractive pair.