1. Modern View of the Solar System

2. Modern View of the Solar System
Sun
Terrestrial planets
Asteroids
Gas Giants (outer planets)
Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNO)
Kuiper Belt
Scattered Disc
Oort Cloud (hypothetical)
Comets
Note: Dots represent objects. Someone looking at the solar system at this scale shouldn’t see asteroids and the Oort cloud with naked eyes. Much of the Solar System is empty space.

3. Beyond the Solar System (Hierarchy of Objects) [pictures from atlasoftheuniverse.com]
Solar Neighborhood
Orion Arm
Note: nebulae are usually in spiral arms.
Milky Way Galaxy (2-4x109 stars)
Note: globular clusters ( stars) orbit the galactic core as satellites.

4. Beyond the Milky Way [pictures from atlasoftheuniverse.com]
Neighboring Superclusters
(100 superclusters shown)
Local Group (30+ galaxies)
Visible Universe
(107 superclusters)
* visible ≠ whole
but not visible has no physical relevance.
Virgo Supercluster
(100 groups/clusters of galaxies)