Map
Scaled from your location
Location
Better from your location Starting where you are makes the scale feel more real.
Stars are placed directly on the map at scaled distance.
2.2 light-years 1,000 km on map
Your location: Sun Around Earth once: 88 light-years at this scale
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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.