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Srpski <http://www.astronomija.co.yu/au/>

An Atlas of The Universe

This web page is designed to give everyone an idea of what our universe
actually looks like. There are nine main maps on this web page, each one
approximately ten times the scale of the previous one. The first map
shows the nearest stars and then the other maps slowly expand out until
we have reached the scale of the entire visible universe.

The Nearest Stars <12lys.html> 	12.5 Light Years from the Sun <12lys.html>
The Nearest Stars
The closest star to the Sun is only 7000 times further than the edge of
our solar system. This map shows all of the stellar systems that lie
within 12.5 light years from us.
To the Solar Neighborhood
The Solar Neighbourhood <250lys.html> 	250 Light Years from the Sun
<250lys.html>
The Solar Neighbourhood
A large proportion of the stars visible with the naked eye are within
250 light years. This map shows this tiny section of our galaxy that
surrounds our Sun.
To the Orion Arm
The Orion Arm <5000lys.html> 	5 000 Light Years from the Sun <5000lys.html>
The Orion Arm
The local arm of our galaxy is called the Orion Arm. It is depicted here
showing the millions of stars interspersed with clouds of interstellar gas.
To the Milky Way Galaxy
The Milky Way Galaxy <galaxy.html> 	50 000 Light Years from the Sun
<galaxy.html>
The Milky Way Galaxy
Our galaxy is a loose spiral disc of two hundred billion stars rotating
around a compact centre. This is a diagram showing the main features of
the Galaxy.
To the Satellite Galaxies
The Satellite Galaxies <sattelit.html> 	500 000 Light Years from the Sun
<sattelit.html>
The Satellite Galaxies
The Milky Way is surrounded by several dwarf galaxies slowly orbiting it
in periods of billions of years. This map shows the nearest of these
satellite galaxies.
To the Local Group
The Local Group <localgr.html> 	5 Million Light Years from the Sun
<localgr.html>
The Local Group
The Milky Way is gravitationally bound to two other large spiral
galaxies as well as dozens of dwarf galaxies. This local group of
galaxies is illustrated here.
To the Local Supercluster
The Virgo Supercluster <virgo.html> 	100 Million Light Years from the
Sun <virgo.html>
The Virgo Supercluster
The local group of galaxies is just one of many centred around the
massive Virgo Cluster. Collectively, all of these groups and clusters
form a unit known as the Virgo Supercluster shown here.
To the Neighboring Superclusters
The Neighbouring Superclusters <superc.html> 	1 Billion Light Years from
the Sun <superc.html>
The Neighbouring Superclusters
The distribution of galaxies in the universe is far from regular. They
tend to clump together into huge supercluster formations. This map shows
many of the superclusters within 1 billion light years of us.
To the Known Universe
The Visible Universe <universe.html> 	14 Billion Light Years from the
Sun <universe.html>
The Visible Universe
Although our knowledge of the large scale structure of the universe is
incomplete, many large and small scale features are visible right out to
the very edge of the visible universe. The entire universe is fairly
uniform, as this map shows.

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This web page created by Richard Powell <me.html>. Last updated: 21 Dec 2004
Visits since 1 Aug 2000: [Site Meter]
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* Hi to everyone still reading this webpage hoping for an update. I
have had a lot of problems to deal with lately and I currently
have a huge backlog of emails to deal with right now, so bear with
me. In the mean time, I have mapped the entire night sky onto the
sides of a 26-sided polyhedron <skyglobe.html>. :)

Other changes <changes.html>
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Glossary <glossary.html> 	Glossary <glossary.html>
This is a glossary which should hopefully explain most of the
unexplained terms used in this web page.
Links <links.html> 	Useful Links <links.html>
This is my attempt at a list of other web pages which have maps and
other useful data on various aspects of the universe.
Negative Images <negative.html> 	Negative Images <negative.html>
Here are some negative image versions of some of the maps on this web
page, showing dark objects against a white background, which may be
easier to print.

"The choice is the universe or nothing." - H.G. Wells
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