The Scale of the Universe is an interactive online visualization tool and website first created in 2010 by Chinese-American twins Cary and Michael Huang, based in Moraga, California.[1][2][3][4][5] Released on Newgrounds and the Huang brothers' web page, it features a scrollbar that players can use to navigate through orders of magnitude and view various objects within such size ranges. Sliding the scrollbar to the left and right causes the screen to zoom in and out respectively, utilizing resolution independence in the process.[1]
| The Scale of the Universe | |
|---|---|
 Title screen of the first edition | |
| Developer(s) | Cary Huang, Michael Huang |
| Composer(s) | Kevin MacLeod, Cliff Martinez |
| Engine | Adobe Flash |
| Platform(s) | Web-based |
| Release | 2010 |
| Genre(s) | Edutainment |
In 2012, Cary and Michael Huang released a sequel titled The Scale of the Universe 2, in which clicking on objects brings up infoboxes that display information about them.[6][7][8] The current version of The Scale of the Universe 2 uses Pixi.js instead of Flash, ported by Matthew Martori.[6]
The Scale of the Universe was featured on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day on October 7, 2018.[9]
In 2020, animation studio Kurzgesagt released the app Universe in a Nutshell, which took inspiration from The Scale of the Universe.[10][11]
The main-belt asteroid 10003 Caryhuang was officially named by the International Astronomical Union on June 16, 2021, partly in recognition of Cary Huang's involvement in The Scale of the Universe.[2]
Objects measured
editLess than 1 meter
edit| Item | Measurement given in The Scale of the Universe | Measurement given in The Scale of the Universe 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Quantum foam | — | 9.3 × 10-36 meters |
| String (physics) | — | 9.3 × 10-36 meters |
| Planck length | 10-35 meters | 1.6 × 10-35 meters |
| Yoctometer | 10-24 meters | 10-24 meters |
| Neutrino | 10-24 meters | 10-24 meters |
| Top quark | — | 10-22 meters |
| Zeptometer | 10-21 meters | 10-21 meters |
| Preon | 10-21 meters | — |
| High-energy radius of a neutrino (SOTU) / High-Energy Neutrino (SOTU 2) | 10-21 meters | 1.5 × 10-20 meters |
| Bottom quark | — | 3 × 10-20 meters |
| Charm quark | — | 10-19 meters |
| Strange quark | — | 4 × 10-19 meters |
| Attometer | 10-18 meters | 10-18 meters |
| Up quark | — | 10-18 meters |
| Down quark | — | 10-18 meters |
| Quark | 10-18 meters | — |
| Electron core | 10-18 meters | — |
| Range of the weak force | — | 10-17 meters |
| Lengths shorter than this are not confirmed | — | 10-16 meters |
| Femtometer | 10-15 meters | 10-15 meters |
| Proton | 10-15 meters | 10-15 meters |
| Neutron | 10-15 meters | 10-15 meters |
| Helium nucleus | — | 3 × 10-15 meters |
| Electron (classical) | — | 5.64 × 10-15 meters |
| Chlorine nucleus | — | 6 × 10-15 meters |
| Average size of an atom's nucleus | 10-14 meters | — |
| Uranium nucleus | — | 1.5 × 10-14 meters |
| Picometer | 10-12 meters | 10-12 meters |
| Gamma ray wavelength | 10-12 meters | 10-12 meters |
| Electron compton wavelength | 2 × 10-12 meters | — |
| Helium atom | 3.1 × 10-11 meters | 2.5 × 10-11 meters |
| Hydrogen atom | 2.5 × 10-11 meters | 3.1 × 10-11 meters |
| Smallest thing visible to an electron microscope | — | 5 × 10-11 meters |
| Angstrom | 10-10 meters | 10-10 meters |
| Sulfur atom | 10-10 meters | — |
| Carbon atom | 7 × 10-11 meters | 1.6 × 10-10 meters |
| Water molecule | 2.8 × 10-10 meters | 2.8 × 10-10 meters |
| X-ray wavelength | 5 × 10-12 meters | 5 × 10-10 meters |
| Caesium atom | 2.6 × 10-10 meters | 5 × 10-10 meters |
| Width of a protein alpha helix | 5 × 10-10 meters | 8 × 10-10 meters |
| Glucose molecule | — | 8 × 10-10 meters |
| Nanometer | 10-9 meters | 10-9 meters |
| Width of a carbon nanotube | 10-9 meters | 10-9 meters |
| Buckyball | — | 10-9 meters |
| Smallest transistor gate of a microprocessor | 2 × 10-9 meters | — |
| Phospholipid | — | 2.5 × 10-9 meters |
| Thickness of DNA | 3 × 10-9 meters | 3 × 10-9 meters |
| Phospholipid bilayer | — | 5 × 10-9 meters |
| Width of the cell membrane | 10-8 meters | — |
| Porcine circovirus | — | 1.7 × 10-8 meters |
| Transistor gate | — | 2.5 × 10-8 meters |
| Hepatitis B virus | — | 4.2 × 10-8 meters |
| Ultraviolet light wavelength | 5 × 10-8 meters | 6 × 10-8 meters |
| Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | 9 × 10-8 meters | 9 × 10-8 meters |
| Depth of a pit in a CD | 1.2 × 10-7 meters | — |
| Smallest thing visible to an optical microscope | — | 2 × 10-7 meters |
| Bacteriophage | — | 2 × 10-7 meters |
| Violet light wavelength | 3 × 10-7 meters | 4 × 10-7 meters |
| Mimivirus | — | 4 × 10-7 meters |
| Largest virus | 5 × 10-7 meters | 4.4 × 10-7 meters |
| Violet light wavelength | 7 × 10-7 meters | 7.5 × 10-7 meters |
| Micrometer | 10-6 meters | 10-6 meters |
| Smallest-sized particle surgical masks block out | 10-6 meters | — |
| Y chromosome | — | 1.5 × 10-6 meters |
| E. coli | 10-6 meters | 2 × 10-6 meters |
| Clay particle | 10-6 meters | 2 × 10-6 meters |
| X chromosome | — | 4 × 10-6 meters |
| Mitochondrion | — | 4 × 10-6 meters |
| Red blood cell | 7 × 10-6 meters | 7 × 10-6 meters |
| Cell nucleus | — | 7 × 10-6 meters |
| Chloroplast | — | 8 × 10-6 meters |
| White blood cell | 10-5 meters | 10-5 meters |
| Width of acrylic fiber | 1.2 × 10-5 meters | — |
| Infrared light wavelength | 10-5 meters | 1.5 × 10-5 meters |
| Width of silk fiber | — | 1.5 × 10-5 meters |
| Twip | — | 1.76 × 10-5 meters |
| Mist/fog droplet (SOTU) Mist droplet (SOTU 2) |
10-5 meters | 2 × 10-5 meters |
| Mil, point, or thou (SOTU) Thou (SOTU 2) |
2.5 × 10-5 meters | 2.54 × 10-5 meters |
| Skin cell | — | 3.5 × 10-5 meters |
| Pollen grain | 5 × 10-5 meters | — |
| Silt particle | 5 × 10-5 meters | 5 × 10-5 meters |
| Smallest thing/object visible to the naked eye | 10-4 meters | 10-4 meters |
| Width of human hair | 10-4 meters | 10-4 meters |
| Human egg | 2.5 × 10-4 meters | 1.2 × 10-4 meters |
| Thickness of paper | 10-4 meters | 1.5 × 10-4 meters |
| Ciliate protist | 2 × 10-4 meters | — |
| Paramecium | — | 2 × 10-4 meters |
| Dust mite | — | 3 × 10-4 meters |
| Computer pixel (SOTU) LCD pixel (SOTU 2) |
3 × 10-4 meters | 3 × 10-4 meters |
| Amoeba | — | 3.5 × 10-4 meters |
| Grain of salt | 5 × 10-4 meters | 5 × 10-4 meters |
| Grain of sand | 10-3 meters | 5 × 10-4 meters |
| Thickness of human skin (thinnest, eyelids) | 5 × 10-4 meters | — |
| Thickness of a credit card | 7 × 10-4 meters | — |
| Mechanical pencil lead (SOTU) Pencil lead (SOTU 2) |
7 × 10-4 meters | (7 ± 2) × 10-4 meters |
| Largest bacteria | 5 × 10-4 meters | 7.5 × 10-4 meters |
| Millimeter | 10-3 meters | 10-3 meters |
| Duckweed | — | 2 × 10-3 meters |
| Sesame seed | 3 × 10-3 meters | — |
| Microchip | 4 × 10-3 meters | — |
| Thickness of human skin (thickest, soles of feet) | 4 × 10-3 meters | — |
| Ant | 4 × 10-3 meters | 4 × 10-3 meters |
| Sleet | 5 × 10-3 meters | 5 × 10-3 meters |
| Sunflower seed | — | 7 × 10-3 meters |
| Grain of rice | 8 × 10-3 meters | 5 × 10-3 meters |
| Average size of a snowflake | 10-2 meters | — |
| Coffee bean | 10-2 meters | 10-2 meters |
| Microwave wavelength | 10-2 meters | 10-2 meters |
| Hummingbird egg | 1.2 × 10-2 meters | — |
| Glass marble | — | 1.5 × 10-2 meters |
| U.S. penny | — | 1.9 × 10-2 meters |
| Square inch | 2.54 × 10-2 meters | 2.5 × 10-2 meters |
| Quail egg | 3 × 10-2 meters | 3 × 10-2 meters |
| Common earthworm | 4 × 10-2 meters | 4 × 10-2 meters |
| Matchstick | — | 5 × 10-2 meters |
| Rubik's cube | 5.5 × 10-2 meters | — |
| Chicken egg | 5.5 × 10-2 meters | 5.5 × 10-2 meters |
| Hummingbird | 10-1 meters | — |
| Shrew | 10-1 meters | — |
| Cup | 1.2 × 10-1 meters | — |
| Ostrich egg | 1.5 × 10-1 meters | — |
| Approximate size of this viewport | — | 2 × 10-1 meters |
| Largest hailstone | — | 2 × 10-1 meters |
| Basketball | — | 2.4 × 10-1 meters |
| Russell's teapot | — | 2.5 × 10-1 meters |
| Inch ruler | 3.1 × 10-1 meters | 3 × 10-1 meters |
| Largest snowflake found | 3.8 × 10-1 meters | — |
| Beach ball | 5 × 10-1 meters (small) 1 meter (large) |
8 × 10-1 meters |
1 meter to 1 terameter
edit| Item | Measurement given in The Scale of the Universe | Measurement given in The Scale of the Universe 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Meter | 100 meters | 100 meters |
| Meterstick | 1 meter | — |
| Dodo bird | — | 1 meter |
| Rafflesia | — | 1 meter |
| FM radio wavelength | 1 meter | 1 meter |
| Human | 1.7 meters | 1.7 meters |
| Wandering albatross | — | 2.3 meters |
| Floor to ceiling | 2.5 meters | — |
| Sunflower | — | 2.5 meters |
| Japanese spider crab | — | 3 meters |
| Giant earthworm | 7 meters | 3 meters |
| Bubble car | 4 meters | — |
| Elephant | — | 5 meters |
| Giraffe | — | 6 meters |
| Tyrannosaurus rex | — | 7 meters |
| Green anaconda | 8 meters | — |
| Apollo lunar module | — | 9 meters |
| Bus | 1.2 × 101 meters | — |
| Saguaro cactus | 2 × 101 meters | 1.4 × 101 meters |
| Average U.S. house | — | 1.5 × 101 meters |
| Oak tree | 2 × 101 meters | 1.5 × 101 meters |
| Blue whale | — | 3 × 101 meters |
| Amphilicoelias fragilimus | — | 3 × 101 meters |
| Boeing 747 | 7 × 101 meters | 6.5 × 101 meters |
| Redwood tree | 1.1 × 102 meters | 102 meters |
| International Space Station | — | 1.08 × 102 meters |
| Football field | — | 1.097 × 102 meters |
| Saturn V | — | 1.1 × 102 meters |
| Great Pyramid of Giza | — | 1.5 × 102 meters |
| Gateway Arch | — | 1.92 × 102 meters |
| Hoover Dam | — | 2.2 × 102 meters |
| Titanic | — | 2.7 × 102 meters |
| Eiffel Tower | 3.2 × 102 meters | 3.2 × 102 meters |
| Half Dome | 4.2 × 102 meters | 4.1 × 102 meters |
| Sears Tower | 4.42 × 102 meters | — |
| International Commerce Centre | 4.84 × 102 meters | — |
| Vatican City | — | 8 × 102 meters |
| Burj Khalifa | — | 8.28 × 102 meters |
| Angel Falls | 9.79 × 102 meters | 9.8 × 102 meters |
| AM radio wavelength | 102 meters | 103 meters |
| Kilometer | 103 meters | 103 meters |
| Boeing Everett Factory | — | 103 meters |
| Mile | 1.609 × 103 meters | — |
| Stanford Linear Collider | 3 × 103 meters | — |
| Uluru | — | 3 × 103 meters |
| Central Park | — | 4 × 103 meters |
| Cruithne | — | 5 × 103 meters |
| Large Hadron Collider | — | 8 × 103 meters |
| Palm Jebel Ali | — | 8 × 103 meters |
| Mount Everest | 8 × 103 meters | 8 × 103 meters |
| Large Electron-Positron Collider | 104 meters | — |
| Depth of the Mariana Trench | 1.1 × 104 meters | 104 meters |
| Halley's Comet | — | 1.1 × 104 meters |
| Deimos | 1.3 × 104 meters | 1.3 × 104 meters |
| Phobos | 2.3 × 104 meters | 2.3 × 104 meters |
| Neutron star | — | 2.4 × 104 meters |
| Ganymed | 3.2 × 104 meters | — |
| Marathon | 4.2 × 104 meters | 4.2 × 104 meters |
| Bianca | 5.4 × 104 meters | — |
| Rhode Island | — | 7.5 × 104 meters |
| Belinda | 8 × 104 meters | — |
| Nix | — | 8 × 104 meters |
| Hydra | — | 105 meters |
| Brunei | — | 1.2 × 105 meters |
| Dysnomia | — | 1.5 × 105 meters |
| Galatea | 1.6 × 105 meters | — |
| Rwanda | — | 2.4 × 105 meters |
| Nereid | 3.4 × 105 meters | — |
| West Virginia | — | 4 × 105 meters |
| Grand Canyon | — | 4.5 × 105 meters |
| Miranda | 4.7 × 105 meters | — |
| Ceres | 9.5 × 105 meters | 9.5 × 105 meters |
| Megameter | 106 meters | 106 meters |
| Italy | — | 1.1 × 106 meters |
| California | — | 1.2 × 106 meters |
| Charon | 1.2 × 106 meters | 1.2 × 106 meters |
| Texas | — | 1.2 × 106 meters |
| Quaoar | 1.3 × 106 meters | 1.3 × 106 meters |
| Titania | 1.5 × 106 meters | — |
| Sedna | 1.7 × 106 meters | 1.8 × 106 meters |
| Pluto | 2.3 × 106 meters | 2.3 × 106 meters |
| Eris | 2.7 × 106 meters | 2.4 × 106 meters |
| Great Barrier Reef | — | 2.6 × 106 meters |
| Triton | 2.7 × 106 meters | 2.7 × 106 meters |
| Europa | — | 3.1 × 106 meters |
| Moon | 3.5 × 106 meters | 3.5 × 106 meters |
| Io | — | 3.6 × 106 meters |
| Width of the United States | 4.2 × 106 meters | 4.2 × 106 meters |
| Callisto | — | 4.8 × 106 meters |
| Mercury | 4.7 × 106 meters | 4.9 × 106 meters |
| Titan | — | 5.2 × 106 meters |
| Ganymede | 5.3 × 106 meters | 5.3 × 106 meters |
| Mars | 6.8 × 106 meters | 6.8 × 106 meters |
| Asia | — | 8 × 106 meters |
| Great Wall of China | — | 8.8 × 106 meters |
| Venus | 1.2 × 107 meters | 1.2 × 107 meters |
| Earth | 1.27 × 107 meters | 1.27 × 107 meters |
| Sirius B | 2 × 107 meters | 2 × 107 meters |
| Neptune | 4.9 × 107 meters | 4.9 × 107 meters |
| Uranus | 5.1 × 107 meters | 5.1 × 107 meters |
| Minecraft world | — | 6.4 × 107 meters |
| Gliese 229 B | 1.1 × 108 meters | 1.1 × 108 meters |
| Saturn | 1.2 × 108 meters | 1.2 × 108 meters |
| Jupiter | 1.4 × 108 meters | 1.4 × 108 meters |
| Wolf 359 | 1.9 × 108 meters | 1.5 × 108 meters |
| Proxima Centauri | 2.8 × 108 meters | 2 × 108 meters |
| TrES-4 | 2.3 × 108 meters | 2.29999 × 108 meters |
| Luyten's Star | 3.3 × 108 meters | 3.3 × 108 meters |
| Kapteyn's Star | — | 4.2 × 108 meters |
| Distance from Earth to the Moon | 4 × 108 meters | 3.8 × 108 meters |
| Gliese 229A | — | 9.6 × 108 meters |
| Gigameter | 109 meters | 109 meters |
| Alpha Centauri B | 109 meters | 109 meters |
| Sun | 1.4 × 109 meters | 1.4 × 109 meters |
| Alpha Centauri A | 1.5 × 109 meters | 1.5 × 109 meters |
| Sirius A | 2.5 × 109 meters | 2.5 × 109 meters |
| Altair | — | 2.6 × 109 meters |
| Procyon | — | 2.9 × 109 meters |
| Vega | 3.8 × 109 meters | 3.8 × 109 meters |
| Regulus | 5.8 × 109 meters | 5.8 × 109 meters |
| Spica | 9.6 × 109 meters | 9.6 × 109 meters |
| Total human height | — | 1010 meters |
| Pollux | 1.1 × 1010 meters | 1.1 × 1010 meters |
| Capella | — | 1.7 × 1010 meters |
| VV Cephei B | 2 × 1010 meters | — |
| Albireo | — | 2.2 × 1010 meters |
| Arcturus | 3.6 × 1010 meters | 3.6 × 1010 meters |
| Polaris | 4 × 1010 meters | 4 × 1010 meters |
| Aldebaran | 6 × 1010 meters | 6 × 1010 meters |
| Distance from Mercury to the Sun | 6 × 1010 meters | — |
| Alnitak | 8.4 × 1010 meters | 8.4 × 1010 meters |
| Rigel | 9.7 × 1010 meters | 9.7 × 1010 meters |
| Distance from Earth to the Sun | 1.5 × 1011 meters | 1.5 × 1011 meters |
| Gacrux | 1.6 × 1011 meters | 1.6 × 1011 meters |
| Enif | — | 1.6 × 1011 meters |
| Deneb | 3.1 × 1011 meters | 3.1 × 1011 meters |
| La Superba | 4.2 × 1011 meters | 4.2 × 1011 meters |
| Pistol Star | 4.7 × 1011 meters | 4.7 × 1011 meters |
| R Doradus | — | 5.2 × 1011 meters |
| S Doradus | 7.7 × 1011 meters | 7.7 × 1011 meters |
| Distance from Jupiter to the Sun | 7.8 × 1011 meters | — |
| Antares | 9.7 × 1011 meters | 9.69999999 × 1011 meters |
1 terameter and beyond
edit| Item | Measurement given in The Scale of the Universe | Measurement given in The Scale of the Universe 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Terameter | 1012 meters | 1012 meters |
| V382 Carinae | 1012 meters | — |
| V838 Monocerotis | 1.1 × 1012 meters | — |
| Betelgeuse | 1.4 × 1012 meters | 1.3 × 1012 meters |
| Mu Cephei | 1.9 × 1012 meters | 1.9 × 1012 meters |
| KY Cygni | 2 × 1012 meters | 2 × 1012 meters |
| V354 Cephei | 2.1 × 1012 meters | 2.1 × 1012 meters |
| VV Cephei A | 2.4 × 1012 meters | 2.4 × 1012 meters |
| WOH G64 | 2.8 × 1012 meters | 2.8 × 1012 meters |
| VY Canis Majoris | 3 × 1012 meters | 3 × 1012 meters |
| Distance from Neptune to the Sun | — | 4.5 × 1012 meters |
| Distance from Pluto to the Sun | 5.9 × 1012 meters | — |
| Kuiper Belt | 1.5 × 1013 meters | 1.5 × 1013 meters |
| Distance from Voyager 1 to Earth | — | 1.7 × 1013 meters |
| Homunculus Nebula | 2 × 1013 meters | 2 × 1013 meters |
| Light-day | — | 2.6 × 1013 meters |
| Distance from Comet Hale-Bopp to Sun (farthest) | — | 5.5 × 1013 meters |
| Distance from Sedna to Sun (farthest) | 1.4 × 1014 meters | — |
| Stingray Nebula | 3 × 1014 meters | 8 × 1014 meters |
| Petameter | 1015 meters | 1015 meters |
| Distance from Proxima Centauri to Alpha Centauri A | 1.5 × 1015 meters | 1.5 × 1015 meters |
| Gomez's Hamburger | — | 2.5 × 1015 meters |
| Cat's Eye Nebula | 3.5 × 1015 meters | 2.5 × 1015 meters |
| Hourglass Nebula | — | 3 × 1015 meters |
| Blinking Nebula | — | 4.5 × 1015 meters |
| Light year | 9.5 × 1015 meters | 1016 meters |
| Rotten Egg Nebula | — | 1 light year 1.4 × 1016 meters |
| Ring Nebula | 1.3 × 1016 meters | 2 light years 1.7 × 1016 meters |
| Oort cloud | 1.5 × 1015 meters | 2 light years 2 × 1016 meters |
| Horsehead Nebula | 2 × 1016 meters | 2 light years 2 × 1016 meters |
| Ant Nebula | — | 2 light years 2 × 1016 meters |
| Eskimo Nebula | — | 2 light years 2 × 1016 meters |
| Boomerang Nebula | — | 2 light years 2.1 × 1016 meters |
| Helix Nebula | 3 × 1016 meters | 3 light years 3 × 1016 meters |
| Parsec | — | 3 light years 3.3 × 1016 meters |
| Distance from the Sun to Proxima Centauri | 4 × 1016 meters | 4 light years 4.2 × 1016 meters |
| Bubble Nebula | — | 7 light years 7 × 1016 meters |
| Cone Nebula | — | 8 light years 8 × 1016 meters |
| Pillars of Creation | 9.5 × 1016 meters | 10 light years 1017 meters |
| Crab Nebula | 7 × 1016 meters | 11 light years 1.1 × 1017 meters |
| The Spire | — | 20 light years 2 × 1017 meters |
| Orion Nebula | 2 × 1017 meters | 24 light years 2.4 × 1017 meters |
| Solar System's solar neighborhood | 4 × 1017 meters | — |
| North America Nebula | — | 40 light years 4 × 1017 meters |
| Messier 14 | 5 × 1017 meters | — |
| Great Nebula in Carina | — | 60 light years 6 × 1017 meters |
| Cave Nebula | — | 70 light years 7 × 1017 meters |
| Eagle Nebula | — | 70 light years 7 × 1017 meters |
| Rosette Nebula | 6.5 × 1017 meters | 100 light years 1018 meters |
| Exameter | 1018 meters | 1018 meters |
| Lagoon Nebula | — | 110 light years 1.1 × 1018 meters |
| Omega Centauri | 1018 meters | 150 light years 1.5 × 1018 meters |
| Messier 54 | 1.5 × 1018 meters | 300 light years 3 × 1018 meters |
| Barnard's Loop | — | 300 light years 3 × 1018 meters |
| Tarantula Nebula | 5 × 1018 meters | 600 light years 6 × 1018 meters |
| Leo II | — | 2,000 light years 2 × 1019 meters |
| Messier 87 relativistic jets | 5 × 1019 meters | — |
| Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy | — | 5,000 light years 5 × 1019 meters |
| Canes Venatici I | — | 6,500 light years 6.5 × 1019 meters |
| Small Magellanic Cloud | 3.5 × 1019 meters | 7,000 light years 7 × 1019 meters |
| Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy | 1019 meters | 10,000 light years 1020 meters |
| Large Magellanic Cloud | 7.5 × 1019 meters | 14,000 light years 1.4 × 1020 meters |
| NGC 3310 | — | 22,000 light years 2.2 × 1020 meters |
| NGC 7714 | 3.5 × 1020 meters | — |
| Triangulum | 5 × 1020 meters | 50,000 light years 5 × 1020 meters |
| Sombrero Galaxy | 7 × 1020 meters | 50,000 light years 5 × 1020 meters |
| Black Eye Galaxy | 8.5 × 1020 meters | — |
| Zettameter | 1021 meters | 1021 meters |
| Milky Way | 1.2 × 1021 meters | 120,000 light years 1.2 × 1021 meters |
| Andromeda | 1.5 × 1021 meters | 150,000 light years 1.5 × 1021 meters |
| Cartwheel Galaxy | — | 150,000 light years 1.5 × 1021 meters |
| Pinwheel Galaxy | 1.8 × 1021 meters | 170,000 light years 1.7 × 1021 meters |
| Whirlpool Galaxy | — | 180,000 light years 1.8 × 1021 meters |
| NGC 1232 | 2 × 1021 meters | 220,000 light years 2.2 × 1021 meters |
| Virgo A | 2.5 × 1021 meters | 250,000 light years 2.5 × 1021 meters |
| Tadpole Galaxy | — | 300,000 light years 3 × 1021 meters |
| Distance Earth has traveled relative to the sun | — | 450,000 light years 4.5 × 1021 meters |
| NGC 4889 | 5 × 1021 meters | 500,000 light years 5 × 1021 meters |
| Distance to Andromeda | — | 2 million light years 2 × 1022 meters |
| IC 1101 | 5 × 1022 meters | 5 million light years 5 × 1022 meters |
| Abell 2029 | — | 6 million light years 6 × 1022 meters |
| Local Group | 4 × 1022 meters | 10 million light years 1022 meters |
| Fornax Cluster | — | 20 million light years 2 × 1023 meters |
| Virgo Cluster | 1.55 × 1023 meters | 30 million light years 3 × 1023 meters |
| Yottameter | 1024 meters | 1024 meters |
| Virgo Supercluster | 1.5 × 1024 meters | 110 million light years 1.1 × 1024 meters |
| Distance to the Great Attractor | — | 250 million light years 2.5 × 1024 meters |
| Eridanus Supervoid | — | 500 million light years 5 × 1024 meters |
| Distance to the Shapley Supercluster | — | 650 million light years 6.5 × 1024 meters |
| Pisces-Cetus Supercluster Complex | — | 1 billion light years 1025 meters |
| Sloan Great Wall | — | 1.3 billion light years 1.3 × 1025 meters |
| Gigaparsec | — | 3.3 billion light years 3.3 × 1025 meters |
| Distance to the Hubble Deep Field | — | 12.7 billion light years 1.27 × 1026 meters |
| Observable universe | 1.4 × 1026 meters | 93.4 billion light years 9.34 × 1026 meters |
| Estimated size of the universe | 9.3 × 1026 meters | 160 billion light years 1.6 × 1027 meters |
See also
editReferences
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