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English: A diagram of Earth’s location in the Universe in a series of eight maps that show from left to right, starting with the Earth, moving to the Solar System, onto the Solar Interstellar Neighborhood, onto the Milky Way, onto the Local Galactic Group, onto the Virgo Supercluster, onto our local superclusters, and finishing at the observable Universe.

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current03:24, 9 March 2016Thumbnail for version as of 03:24, 9 March 20165,000 × 2,500 (4.72 MB)Azcolvin429Typo corrections, star additions, galaxy modification, residual glow enhancement, text update, etc.
07:25, 4 March 2011Thumbnail for version as of 07:25, 4 March 20115,000 × 2,500 (4.76 MB)Azcolvin429{{Information |Description ={{en|1=A diagram of Earth’s location in the Universe in a series of eight maps that show from left to right, starting with the Earth, moving to the Solar System, onto the Solar Interstellar Neighborhood, onto the Milky Way

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