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English: Comparison of sizes of objects with size order of magnitude 1e16m: ten light year radius circle with yellow arrow; Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635), left; Dumbbell Nebula (NGC 6853), right; one light year shell lower right with the smaller Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC_6543) and Barnard 68 adjacent. All distances and sizes to scale. No transparency version.
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derived from Paul Stansifer's POV-Ray source files (see below), by me, 84user, using w:en:POV-Ray, and w:en:IrfanView.

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Author Paul Stansifer, User:84user, Robert J. Vanderbei, NASA, Matt Bobrowsky, Orbital Sciences Corporation, ESO, ESA, HEIC, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) (see "source" above and "Licensing" below)

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Zoomed out to show lengths and sizes with order of magnitude 1e17m: hundred light year radius shell with yellow arrow as radius and 10 light year circle at right; globular cluster Messier 5 in background; 12 light year radius Orion Nebula middle right; 50 light year wide view of the Carina Nebula bottom left; Pleiades cluster and Bubble nebula with similar diameters each around 10 light years bottom right; grey arrows show distances from Sun to stars Aldebaran (65 light years) and Bega (25 light years). Relative sizes approximately to scale.
Comparison of lengths with order of magnitude 1e16m: ten light year radius shell with yellow Vernal Point arrow; below, white star Sirius 8.5 light years from Sun; on left, BL Ceti 8.73 light years distant; middle right, Proxima and Alpha Centauri about 4 light years distant; light year shell with Great January comet (Comet C/1910 A1)'s orbit shown as long extreme ellipse inside.
Zoomed in to show objects with order of magnitude 1e15m: one light year radius circle with yellow Vernal Point arrow; Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC_6543) on left with Bok Globule Barnard 68 adjacent; Great January comet (Comet C/1910 A1)'s orbit shown as long extreme ellipse passing behind Barnard 68; light month shell (small yellow sphere) inside which a light week shell.
Simpler 1e15m lengths depiction: one light year yellow shell; Comet 1910 A1's orbit; light month shell
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