Beta Lyrae was the primary of the Beta Lyrae system in the Alpha Quadrant. This star was located 142° northeast of the galactic plane. Beta Lyrae was known as one of the rare beautiful spectacles of the Milky Way Galaxy and almost every starship that passed by stopped to see it. Beta Lyrae was located between Kzin and Starbase 25. (TAS: "The Slaver Weapon")
In 2293, the location of Beta Lyrae in the Milky Way Galaxy was labeled in a star chart that was in Captain James T. Kirk's quarters aboard the USS Enterprise-A. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, okudagram)
In 2365, the location of Beta Lyrae was labeled in a Subspace Comm Net Ops star chart, which was seen in the courtroom on Starbase 173. This star's system was linked to Capella. (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man")
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In August 2024, an annotated computer paste-up of this star chart was put up for auction in the Entertainment Memorabiliia Live Auction: Los Angeles Summer 2024 by Propstore Auction. [1]
According to Star Trek: Star Charts ("United Federation of Planets II"), Beta Lyrae (Sheliak) was a binary system with a pair of B-class stars.