Start by finding the Summer Triangle, which consists of the three of the brightest stars in the sky--Vega, Deneb, and Altair. The Summer Triangle is high overhead throughout the summer, and it sinks lower in the west as fall progresses.
For this star hop, start from brilliant blue-white Vega (magnitude 0), the brightest of the three stars of the Summer Triangle.
The constellation Lyra has a distinctive shape consisting of a small triangle (including Vega) connected to a parallelogram. Find the small triangle that includes Vega, Zeta (ζ) and Epsilon. Aim at Epsilon, and start with a low power eyepiece to find the two bright pairs. Then switch to high power (at least 100x) to resolve the two close pairs. To find the red star T Lyrae, visualize a similar triange with Vega and ζ going in the opposite direction, as shown below. Aim there and use a low power eyepiece to look the the very red star.
