Cosmic Scales

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Cosmic Scales

• Two diagrams using our location in
  Charlottesville and the US to portray the size of
  the galaxy, and the size of the visible Universe.

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Our Galaxy
Earth 100 nm virus Sun
10 µm cell Earth orbit
¼ cm pin head Solar system 20
cm saucer Nearest star 250 m
lawn
Solar system
Galaxy Center
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13.7 Gly
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The Visible Universe
MW galaxy 20 m class room
MW galaxy 20 m class room Local
group 600 m central grounds Virgo
cluster 15 km Walmart Coma cluster
100 km Culpeper
Our Galaxy