Today:
The Andromeda Galaxy is the only distant galaxy we can see with our own eyes. In the next few nights look in the northeast, just below the Milky Way, and about one third of the way up from the horizon near 9:15 PM EDT. It appears as a small, oval smudge of light, enhanced by viewing through binoculars.
Friday:
By 10 PM you can look high in the southern sky to identify the summer triangle. Also high, but in the northwest you’ll find Draco, the Dragon. His two eyes sparkle as modestly bright stars, then his neck drops down to the right of the Little Dipper, while his body curves up and around, becoming a tail between the Dippers.
Saturday:
Tomorrow morning, September begins in the brightening dawn’s light with a sliver of a Crescent Moon, low in the east-northeast from 5:10 to 5:25 AM. Mercury offers a brief display over the next several days, culminating with a conjunction with the star Regulus on the morning of the 9th.