The next few days are a good time to see Draco the Dragon after evening twilight ends and before the moon rises.
Even though Draco represents a fearsome dragon, it is only a dim circumpolar constellation that gets less respect than you would expect for a dragon. Draco is so far north that it never completely sets when it circles around the north celestial pole as the Earth rotates on its axis.
Around 9:30 p.m. look directly north and find Polaris. Draco will be south of Polaris and higher above the northern horizon than Polaris. The head and most of the body of Draco sits near the meridian, that imaginary line running north to south dividing the sky into equal eastern and western halves.
The head of Draco is the most southern part of the constellation. It looks like a small squashed rectangle of stars not too far north of the bright star Vega in Lyra the Lyre. Once the head of Draco is found, it is bright enough to be an easily recognizable group of stars that can become an old friend.
The body of Draco is a long string of stars that runs north toward Polaris and then curves west around the Little Dipper. While Draco is not spectacular, it somewhat resembles what it is supposed to represent, and it has many important telescope objects that are enjoyed and studied by professional and amateur astronomers.
