To help compare distances at different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths starting at 1020 m (11,000 light years).
- Shorter distances
- 16,000 light years = 1.5 * 1020m -- diameter of the Small Magellanic Cloud (a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way)
- 28,000 light years = 2.6 * 1020m -- distance from the Sun to the center of the Galaxy.
- 100,000 light years = 9.5 * 1020m -- diameter of the disc of the Galaxy.
- Longer distances