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 Sun

1.39 million km — its width

Too small to see at this scale; ringed.

VY Canis Majoris

1.98 billion km — the star's width

VY Canis Majoris is 1,420 times as wide as The Sun.

About 2.86 billion of The Sun would fit inside VY Canis Majoris.

The Sun: Mean radius: JPL planetary and satellite physical parameters (lib/ouranosSolarSystem)
VY Canis Majoris: Its radius is about 1,420 times the Sun's.

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.