Some astronomical targets are inherently less celestial than others. A stunningly bright toolbox now floating in space around Earth, combining stars, planets, nebulae and galaxies as targets for sky watchers. A toolbox came into the path of NASA astronauts Jasmine Mogbeli and Loral O’Hara, who were spacewalking outside the International Space Station (ISS) on November 2, 2023.

According to EarthSky, the instrument case is currently orbiting our planet, directly in front of the ISS, at a magnitude of about magnitude 6. This means it is slightly fainter than the ice giant Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun. As a result, the bag, officially known as the crew bag, is too faint to see with the naked eye, but skywatchers should be able to see it with binoculars.

To see for yourself, first find out when you can see the space station in the next few months (NASA even has a new app to help you). The bag should float two to four minutes to the station. Because the bag is descending rapidly, it will likely break apart when it reaches an altitude of about 70 miles (113 kilometers) above the Earth.

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Megan Christian shared the footage of the moment when the tool bag was torn from Mogbeli’s hand on her X account. He added that the bag was last seen by Crew-7 astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, floating high above Mount Fuji.

Additionally, Harvard Center for Astrophysics (CfA) McDowell also explained that the bag was given its own category in the U.S. Space Force’s Orbital Man-Made Object Cataloging System, officially designated 58229/1998-067WC.