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Offline Lord Avalon

Interactive Scale of the Universe
« on: January 19, 2014, 10:19:21 pm »
Apparently Cary & Michael Huang made this interactive scale of the universe in 2012, but I just ran across it at Astronomy Picture of the Day.  It goes from Planck length to the estimated size of the universe (about 19 gigaparsecs). You can click on things for a popup info box.  8) ;b;
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Offline gwillybj

Re: Interactive Scale of the Universe
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2014, 11:57:21 pm »
I know neutron stars are small but I never really had a sense of scale until seeing this. A typical neutron star is smaller than Rhode Island.
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Offline Geo

Re: Interactive Scale of the Universe
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2014, 11:42:59 am »
Quote from: gwillybj on January 19, 2014, 11:57:21 pm
I know neutron stars are small but I never really had a sense of scale until seeing this. A typical neutron star is smaller than Rhode Island.

And one day, Sol will be the size of Earth. ;)
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