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Around Earth once: 88 light-years at this scale
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About
A human-scale map of famous star distances
Star Scale Map is an interactive astronomy scale model. It uses your current location as the Sun, then places well-known stars and cosmic distance references on a real Earth map at the selected scale.
- Compare nearby stars such as Proxima Centauri, Alpha Centauri, Sirius, Barnard's Star, and Tau Ceti.
- Explore familiar sky icons including Polaris, Vega, Betelgeuse, Rigel, Arcturus, Antares, and Deneb.
- Switch to tiny Sun scales to understand extreme distances like Earendel and the observable universe edge.