THUNDER BAY — If you miss it now, you will lose your only opportunity.

Comet Lemmon is streaking away from Earth and won't return until about 1,300 years from now.

Thunder Bay amateur astrophotographer Joey Mastrangelo is among several area residents who have posted photos of the celestial showstopper on social media.

"This comet is very bright. It was very simple to spot, and you don't have to stay up late," he told Newswatch. "You can see it just after sunset if you look west."

Mastrangelo advised looking for the Big Dipper, and to follow the direction of its handle to a bright star, above and to the left of which Lemmon can be seen.

The comet was discovered in January of this year by the Mount Lemmon Survey near Tucson, Arizona.

Mastrangelo posted an image captured in his backyar

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