Item
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Measurement given in The Scale of the Universe
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Measurement given in The Scale of the Universe 2
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Terameter
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1012 meters
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1012 meters
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V382 Carinae
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1012 meters
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—
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V838 Monocerotis
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1.1 × 1012 meters
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—
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Betelgeuse
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1.4 × 1012 meters
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1.3 × 1012 meters
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Mu Cephei
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1.9 × 1012 meters
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1.9 × 1012 meters
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KY Cygni
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2 × 1012 meters
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2 × 1012 meters
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V354 Cephei
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2.1 × 1012 meters
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2.1 × 1012 meters
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VV Cephei A
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2.4 × 1012 meters
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2.4 × 1012 meters
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WOH G64
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2.8 × 1012 meters
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2.8 × 1012 meters
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VY Canis Majoris
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3 × 1012 meters
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3 × 1012 meters
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Distance from Neptune to the Sun
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—
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4.5 × 1012 meters
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Distance from Pluto to the Sun
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5.9 × 1012 meters
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Kuiper Belt
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1.5 × 1013 meters
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1.5 × 1013 meters
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Distance from Voyager 1 to Earth
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1.7 × 1013 meters
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Homunculus Nebula
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2 × 1013 meters
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2 × 1013 meters
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Light-day
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—
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2.6 × 1013 meters
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Distance from Comet Hale-Bopp to Sun (farthest)
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—
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5.5 × 1013 meters
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Distance from Sedna to Sun (farthest)
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1.4 × 1014 meters
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Stingray Nebula
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3 × 1014 meters
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8 × 1014 meters
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Petameter
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1015 meters
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1015 meters
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Distance from Proxima Centauri to Alpha Centauri A
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1.5 × 1015 meters
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1.5 × 1015 meters
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Gomez's Hamburger
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—
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2.5 × 1015 meters
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Cat's Eye Nebula
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3.5 × 1015 meters
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2.5 × 1015 meters
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Hourglass Nebula
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—
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3 × 1015 meters
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Blinking Nebula
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—
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4.5 × 1015 meters
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Light year
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9.5 × 1015 meters
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1016 meters
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Rotten Egg Nebula
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1 light year 1.4 × 1016 meters
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Ring Nebula
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1.3 × 1016 meters
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2 light years 1.7 × 1016 meters
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Oort cloud
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1.5 × 1015 meters
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2 light years 2 × 1016 meters
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Horsehead Nebula
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2 × 1016 meters
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2 light years 2 × 1016 meters
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Ant Nebula
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—
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2 light years 2 × 1016 meters
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Eskimo Nebula
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—
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2 light years 2 × 1016 meters
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Boomerang Nebula
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2 light years 2.1 × 1016 meters
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Helix Nebula
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3 × 1016 meters
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3 light years 3 × 1016 meters
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Parsec
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—
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3 light years 3.3 × 1016 meters
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Distance from the Sun to Proxima Centauri
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4 × 1016 meters
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4 light years 4.2 × 1016 meters
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Bubble Nebula
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7 light years 7 × 1016 meters
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Cone Nebula
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—
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8 light years 8 × 1016 meters
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Pillars of Creation
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9.5 × 1016 meters
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10 light years 1017 meters
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Crab Nebula
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7 × 1016 meters
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11 light years 1.1 × 1017 meters
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The Spire
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20 light years 2 × 1017 meters
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Orion Nebula
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2 × 1017 meters
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24 light years 2.4 × 1017 meters
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Solar System's solar neighborhood
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4 × 1017 meters
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North America Nebula
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—
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40 light years 4 × 1017 meters
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Messier 14
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5 × 1017 meters
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—
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Great Nebula in Carina
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—
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60 light years 6 × 1017 meters
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Cave Nebula
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—
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70 light years 7 × 1017 meters
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Eagle Nebula
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—
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70 light years 7 × 1017 meters
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Rosette Nebula
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6.5 × 1017 meters
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100 light years 1018 meters
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Exameter
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1018 meters
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1018 meters
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Lagoon Nebula
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110 light years 1.1 × 1018 meters
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Omega Centauri
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1018 meters
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150 light years 1.5 × 1018 meters
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Messier 54
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1.5 × 1018 meters
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300 light years 3 × 1018 meters
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Barnard's Loop
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—
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300 light years 3 × 1018 meters
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Tarantula Nebula
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5 × 1018 meters
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600 light years 6 × 1018 meters
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Leo II
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—
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2,000 light years 2 × 1019 meters
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Messier 87 relativistic jets
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5 × 1019 meters
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Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy
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—
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5,000 light years 5 × 1019 meters
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Canes Venatici I
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6,500 light years 6.5 × 1019 meters
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Small Magellanic Cloud
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3.5 × 1019 meters
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7,000 light years 7 × 1019 meters
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Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy
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1019 meters
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10,000 light years 1020 meters
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Large Magellanic Cloud
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7.5 × 1019 meters
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14,000 light years 1.4 × 1020 meters
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NGC 3310
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—
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22,000 light years 2.2 × 1020 meters
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NGC 7714
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3.5 × 1020 meters
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Triangulum
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5 × 1020 meters
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50,000 light years 5 × 1020 meters
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Sombrero Galaxy
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7 × 1020 meters
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50,000 light years 5 × 1020 meters
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Black Eye Galaxy
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8.5 × 1020 meters
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Zettameter
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1021 meters
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1021 meters
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Milky Way
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1.2 × 1021 meters
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120,000 light years 1.2 × 1021 meters
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Andromeda
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1.5 × 1021 meters
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150,000 light years 1.5 × 1021 meters
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Cartwheel Galaxy
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150,000 light years 1.5 × 1021 meters
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Pinwheel Galaxy
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1.8 × 1021 meters
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170,000 light years 1.7 × 1021 meters
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Whirlpool Galaxy
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180,000 light years 1.8 × 1021 meters
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NGC 1232
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2 × 1021 meters
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220,000 light years 2.2 × 1021 meters
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Virgo A
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2.5 × 1021 meters
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250,000 light years 2.5 × 1021 meters
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Tadpole Galaxy
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—
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300,000 light years 3 × 1021 meters
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Distance Earth has traveled relative to the sun
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—
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450,000 light years 4.5 × 1021 meters
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NGC 4889
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5 × 1021 meters
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500,000 light years 5 × 1021 meters
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Distance to Andromeda
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—
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2 million light years 2 × 1022 meters
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IC 1101
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5 × 1022 meters
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5 million light years 5 × 1022 meters
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Abell 2029
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—
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6 million light years 6 × 1022 meters
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Local Group
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4 × 1022 meters
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10 million light years 1022 meters
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Fornax Cluster
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20 million light years 2 × 1023 meters
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Virgo Cluster
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1.55 × 1023 meters
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30 million light years 3 × 1023 meters
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Yottameter
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1024 meters
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1024 meters
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Virgo Supercluster
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1.5 × 1024 meters
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110 million light years 1.1 × 1024 meters
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Distance to the Great Attractor
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—
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250 million light years 2.5 × 1024 meters
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Eridanus Supervoid
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—
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500 million light years 5 × 1024 meters
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Distance to the Shapley Supercluster
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—
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650 million light years 6.5 × 1024 meters
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Pisces-Cetus Supercluster Complex
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—
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1 billion light years 1025 meters
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Sloan Great Wall
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—
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1.3 billion light years 1.3 × 1025 meters
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Gigaparsec
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—
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3.3 billion light years 3.3 × 1025 meters
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Distance to the Hubble Deep Field
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12.7 billion light years 1.27 × 1026 meters
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Observable universe
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1.4 × 1026 meters
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93.4 billion light years 9.34 × 1026 meters
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Estimated size of the universe
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9.3 × 1026 meters
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160 billion light years 1.6 × 1027 meters
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