Side by side

Two things at their true relative size. Pick any two that have a measured size.

First

Second

Earth beside Jupiter Earth and the Moon The Sun beside VY Canis Majoris The Sun beside Sgr A*'s shadow The ISS beside Webb The Orion Nebula beside Andromeda

The Orion Nebula

24 light-years — roughly how far across it is

Too small to see at this scale; ringed.

The Andromeda Galaxy

152,000 light-years — roughly how far across it is

The Andromeda Galaxy is 6,330 times as wide as The Orion Nebula.

A dashed outline is a rough width across something that is not round.

The Orion Nebula: Approximate: half the apparent size times the distance (the catalogue's note)
The Andromeda Galaxy: Approximate: half the apparent size times the distance (the catalogue's note)

Any distance, three ways

4.25 light-years:

Light4.25 years
Voyager 1's speed75,400 years
Driving at 100 km/h45.8 million years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling. The nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is 4.246 light-years away.