Vastoscope

≈14,000 light-years → ≈10 million light-years

Galactic scale
Stars become structures too large to see from inside.

Galaxies are not just enlarged solar systems. Their visible extents contain enormous populations of stars, dark matter and gas arranged by gravity over cosmic time.

Enter this realm in the scale engine
Visual evidence plate for Large Magellanic Cloud
4 landmarks2.9 orders of magnitude

Questions this realm answers

Start with curiosity.

  1. How wide is the Milky Way?
  2. Is Andromeda larger than our galaxy?
  3. How does a globular cluster compare with a galaxy?

4 source-backed coordinates

Every landmark in galactic scale.

Ordered by the actual logarithm of its SI value.

Visual evidence plate for Milky Way
1021.0 m · Galaxies

Milky Way

≈100,000 light-years

Our barred spiral galaxy, containing the Sun and hundreds of billions of stars.

Visual evidence plate for Andromeda Galaxy
1021.3 m · Galaxies

Andromeda Galaxy

≈220,000 light-years

The nearest large spiral galaxy, approaching the Milky Way within the Local Group.

Visual evidence plate for Local Group
1023.0 m · Cosmic structure

Local Group

≈10 million light-years

A gravitational neighbourhood containing the Milky Way, Andromeda and dozens of smaller galaxies.

Guided routes

Meet this realm inside a story.

Cosmos · 6 minYour complete cosmic address

Locate yourself inside nested structures from one body to the observable horizon.

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