This animation gives a sense of the awe-inspiring scale of some of the
known objects in our universe. It is difficult for human minds to
comprehend the shear size of distant stars, many of which completely
dwarf our own Sun. Here we see some of the most famous objects displayed
relative to one another. The animation begins with Earth, which has a
radius of about 6.3 million metres, and ends at VY Canis Majoris, one of
the largest known stars in existence, with a radius about 1420 times
that of our own Sun, or 990 billion metres! Keep an eye on the changing
scale underneath the objects to really appreciate the variation in size. This
animation will form part of the "The Living Universe" exhibition, to be
displayed at the ESO Supernova, opening in late 2017.
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