With beta Crt at the top of your field of view, you'll see two fifth-magnitude stars just off centre: binoculars. The brighter of these, to the west, is Chi¹ Hydrae, which is a fifth-magnitude binary with a similar companion. with a very rapid orbit. This companion makes a complete revolution every 7.4 years, which means that the separation is never more than 0.1".

Now placing chi¹at the northwest corner of your field of vision, xi Hydrae will be just out of view to the southeast. Sweep slowly to the southeast and put this star at the upper right of your field of view. Beta Hydrae will also now be visible, to the southeast: binoculars.