Alpha Lacertae is the brightest star (but only 3.8) of a faint constellation between Cygnus and Andromeda. The rest of the stars are only fourth- and fifth-magnitude, or fainter.

Alpha and beta Lacertae are found by drawing a line between Deneb (alpha Cygni) and alpha Cassiopeiae; midway along this line are four of the six stars which form the zig-zag asterism of Lacerta: binoculars.