Beta Lyrae is Sheliak (The Tortoise, which was what the Arabs called the entire constellation). This is a very fine binary for small telescopes (creamy-white and blue)as well as an irregular variable: every thirteen days it drops from 3.2 to 4.4 magnitude. Compare with nearby gamma Lyrae (3.3), to the southeast.

Beta Lyrae is just south of delta Lyrae : binoculars.

In the same field is the remarkable planetary nebula known as The Ring Nebula (M57). While large binoculars might pick out the object, it's best seen in medium to large telescopes.