Earth's location in universe, hierarchy of astronomical scales

    Caption: The Earth's location in the universe illustrated by images of 8 astronomical structures that form a hierarchy of astronomical structures: Earth, Solar System, Solar System neighborhood, Milky Way, Local Group of galaxies, Virgo Supercluster, local galaxy superclusters, observable universe.

    You have to click image/1,280 X 640 pixels image to get the big picture---and you can zoom in too.

    Credit/Permission: © Andrew Z. Colvin (AKA User:Azcolvin429), 2011 / CC BY-SA 3.0.
    Image link: Wikimedia Commons: File:Earth's Location in the Universe SMALLER (JPEG).jpg.
    Local file: local link: earth_hierarchy.html.
    File: Earth file: earth_hierarchy.html.