Milky Way's location in the Local Group, illustration. Image 5 of 8, showing the Earth's location in relation to the scale of the universe. This image
Milky Way's location in the Local Group, illustration. Image 5 of 8, showing the Earth's location in relation to the scale of the universe. This image shows the Milky Way's location (upper left) in the Local Group of galaxies (around 10 million light years across). Andromeda is at lower right. For the series of individual illustrations, see images C047/4605 to C047/4612 (with labels) and C047/4613 to C047/4620 (without labels). For the montage versions of these illustrations, with and without labels, see images C047/4602 to C047/4604. For this illustration with labels, see image C047/4609.
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Photo credit: © MIKKEL JUUL JENSEN / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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