Actual distance from Earth in miles



| |Actual, no scaling |1 cm : 1000 km Scale |1 mm :1000 km scale |Time it takes light to |

| | |Earth diam. = 13 cm |Earth diam. = 1.3 cm |travel to Earth |

| |Diameter |Distance |Diameter |Distance |

| | |from Earth | |To Earth |

| |Diameter |Actual Distance |Diameter |Distance |

| | |from sun | |To Sun |

|Size of our galaxy |95 x 1016 km |95 x 1011 km |95 x 1010 km |895,000,000 hr |

| |100,000 light years | | |(102,200 yr) |

Nearest star-Alpha Centauri | |38 x 1012 km

(4 light years) | |38 x 1017 km | |38 x 1016 km |35,500 hr

(4 yr) | |Nearest galaxy-Sagittarius | |70,000 light years | | | | |72,000 yr | |

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