Looking for something to do now that exchanging gifts and partying are done? You and your friends can look at the sky and you might catch a glimpse of the International Space Station.

If skies on weekend nights clear, the ISS will be visible for short periods of time Friday through Sunday, says NASA.

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NASA said the space station will be visible over several parts of New Jersey.

On Friday, ISS can be seen for three minutes starting at 6:38 p.m. The outpost will first be visible 10 degrees above the west-northwest horizon and then, move off to the southwest.

The space station will be observable on Saturday for a uncharacteristically long six minutes starting 5:47 p.m. People will first see it 10 degrees above the northwest horizon. It will shift to the southeast.

On Sunday, the ISS will be visible for one minute starting at 6:35 p.m. You'll find the ISS 13 degrees above the southwest. It will be crossing to the south-southwest.

In parts of Essex County, there's also an early-bird showing for about one minute beginning 4:59 p.m.

The ISS looks like a progressively moving ball in the sky. But it is dozens of times higher than any airplane and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster.

If you want to know more about where and when to look from your place, you can check NASA's "Spot the Station" page.

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