1. Scaling … and you!
How big are we within this great big universe!?

2. Our Solar system
Contains: The Sun (a star), 8 planets, dwarf planets, their moons, asteroids, meteoroids, comets, debris
*Not to scale!

3. Here are the scaled sizes of the rocky planets.
~Same as Earth
1/2 Earth
1/3 Earth
1/5 Earth

4. …now add the gaseous planets…
11 x Earth
10 x Earth
4 x Earth

5. …now the planets compared to the Sun…
109 x Earth

6. …compared to nearby stars…
37 LYA
8.6 LY away

7. ANTARES IS THE 15TH BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY
ANTARES IS THE 15TH BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY. IT IS MORE THAN 600 LIGHT YEARS AWAY.
700 x the Sun

8. Over 100,000 light years in diameter,
The Milky Way Galaxy
The sun is just one of over 400 billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy
The Earth is one of over 100 billion planets in the Milky Way
Over 100,000 light years in diameter,
and 1,000 light years thick
You are here
Orion Arm
3rd planet from the Sun

9. There are over 170 billion galaxies in the universe. Dwarf galaxies
THIS IS A HUBBLE TELESCOPE ULTRA DEEP FIELD INFRARED VIEW OF COUNTLESS 'ENTIRE‘ GALAXIES BILLIONS OF LIGHT-YEARS AWAY.
There are over
170 billion galaxies
in the universe.
Dwarf galaxies
Contain about
10 million stars.
Giant galaxies can
Contain up to
100 trillion stars!

10. This is the “Local Group” of galaxies, which is part of a super cluster.

11. BELOW IS A CLOSE UP OF ONE OF THE DARKEST REGIONS OF THE PHOTO ABOVE.

12. HUMBLING, ISN'T IT? NOW HOW BIG ARE YOU ?