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Side by side

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

Earth beside JupiterEarth and the MoonThe Sun beside VY Canis MajorisThe Sun beside Sgr A*'s shadowThe ISS beside WebbThe Orion Nebula beside Andromeda

The Spirograph Nebula
0.34 light-years — roughly how far across it is
Earth
12,800 km — its width at the equator
Too small to see at this scale; ringed.

The Spirograph Nebula is 252 million times as wide as Earth.

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

  • The Spirograph Nebula: Approximate: half the apparent size times the distance (the catalogue's note)
  • Earth: Equatorial radius: JPL planetary and satellite physical parameters (lib/ouranosSolarSystem)

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.