Location

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World Map

Click anywhere on the map to explore

Click a planet for info • Animated (not to scale)

Milky Way Galaxy

~100,000 light-years across • ~200-400 billion stars

Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

~2.537 million light-years away • Largest in Local Group

Large Magellanic Cloud

~160,000 light-years away • Satellite galaxy of Milky Way

Proxima Centauri

Nearest star to Sun • 4.24 light-years • Red dwarf

Sirius

Brightest star in night sky • 8.6 light-years away

Betelgeuse

Red supergiant in Orion • ~700 light-years away

Crab Nebula

Supernova remnant • 6,500 light-years away

Orion Nebula

Star-forming region • 1,344 light-years away

Observable Universe

~93 billion light-years diameter • ~2 trillion galaxies

Click any object for more info on Wikipedia