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The Scale of the Heliosphere and Nearby Galactic Neighborhood. The solar system and its nearby galactic neighborhood are illustrated here on a logarithmic scale extending (from < 1 to) 1 million Astornomical Units (AU).

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DescriptionSolarmap.gif	The Scale of the Heliosphere and Nearby Galactic Neighborhood. The solar system and its nearby galactic neighborhood are illustrated here on a logarithmic scale extending (from < 1 to) 1 million Astornomical Units (AU).
Date	8 February 2000
Source	http://interstellar.jpl.nasa.gov/interstellar/probe/introduction/scale.html
Author	Interstellar Probe, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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