The "Golden" Comet and Leo Triplet of Galaxies

"Golden" Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) and The Leo Triplet of Galaxies

C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) is an Oort cloud comet first seen in May 2025. It is one of many comets discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) that was developed by the University of Hawaii and funded by NASA.

The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, M66, and NGC 3628.

Image Credit: Dan Bartlett

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Location: June Lake, California, USA
Image Date: Nov. 7, 2025 

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