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Currently, Venus can be seen with just your eyes in the last hour or two before sunset. However, finding it first with binoculars makes it much easier.
I have also seen Jupiter during the late afternoon with an 80mm telescope and have even followed one of the eclipses as it moved across the planet.
Before opposition, Mars is also another planet that can be viewed for a few hours after sunrise.
I have even seen Sirius with the unaided eye by following it before sunrise. Admittedly, it was only just after sunrise, but the sun was shining on the wall next to me. The moment I looked away, I could not find it again, but it was still visible in a 4” Astroscan telescope that I then owned. I have also easily seen Canopus in small telescopes after sunrise.
I cheat a bit here, I usually find them in a telescope that tracks before sunrise, and let the mount do most of the work.
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