Today's sky chart shows you how to star-hop to the Andromeda galaxy - the large spiral galaxy next-door to our Milky Way - from the Great Square of Pegasus.

If you're in the Northern Hemisphere, you can see the zodiacal light, or false dawn, at this time of year. If you're in the Southern Hemisphere, look for it after sunset.

These next couple of nights - September 7 and 8, 2019 - use the waxing gibbous moon to find the planet Saturn.

These next few evenings - September 5, 6 and 7, 2019 - use the moon to find the planets Jupiter and Saturn. Have a telescope? Then use it to view Jupiter's four major moons and Saturn's glorious rings.

As darkness falls these next few evenings - September 3, 4 and 5, 2019 - watch for the waxing crescent moon traveling in front of the constellation Libra the Scales. The moon heads eastward, as it always does in its orbit around Earth. It'll sweep past the star Zubenelgenubi, then head toward the red star Antares and bright planet Jupiter.

We had a new moon on August 30, 2019. A number of people around the world are likely to catch the whisker-thin waxing crescent after sunset August 31. On the evenings after that, the moon will stay out longer after sunset and become easier to see.

Today - August 30, 2019 - presents the closest new moon of the year, exactly a fortnight (about 2 weeks) before the year's farthest and smallest full moon on September 14, 2019.

By late August and early September, the constellation Orion is rising in the hours after midnight and is well up by dawn. It'll continue to rise earlier … and earlier.

Wait, what? Winter Circle? Yes, even though it's still summer in the Northern Hemisphere. The early morning summer sky shows you what you'll see come winter.

Before dawn on August 21 and 22, 2019, let the moon guide you to the constellation Aries the Ram. When the moon moves away, try star-hopping to Uranus using guide stars within this constellation. Good luck!