If you live on the East Coast or in the southeast of the United States and the skies are clear tonight, stick your head out the window and theres a good chance youll see the International Space Station passing overhead.

The unique spectacle will last a whole six minutes, and thanks to the bright reflection of the sun on the exterior of the station, you dont need any special kit to see it. NASA says its easy to spot, describing it as looking like a very bright star moving across the sky.

Check out the graphic in the tweet below for precise information on when itll be passing over your neighborhood.

Orbiting Earth at an altitude of around 250 miles, the space station is currently home to five astronauts, including NASAs Chris Cassidy, Doug Hurley, and Bob Behnken. Hurley and Behnken arrived at the end of May aboard the Crew Dragon in what was SpaceXs first ever astronaut launch, as well as the first crewed launch from U.S. soil since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011. Behnken and Cassidy have been busy performing several spacewalks in recent weeks, with another one planned for Thursday, July 16.

If you miss the space station passing overhead tonight, or you live in another part of the U.S. or indeed elsewhere in the world theres a good chance the orbiting outpost will be passing overhead in the near future as it continues to orbit Earth. This Digital Trends article tells you all you need to know to get a glimpse.

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Spot the International Space Station passing overhead on Tuesday night - Digital Trends