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| Some Astronomical Distances | ||
| (1 light year = 9.46 x 1012km) | ||
| Object |
Distance from Earth (light years) |
Velocity of recession (km/second) |
| Sun | 1.6 x 10-5 | |
| Nearest Star (Proxima Centauri) | 4.2 | |
| Brightest Star (Sirius) | 8.6 | |
| Pleiades | 410 | |
| Centre of Milky Way | 3.0 x 104 | |
| Megallanic Clouds (the nearest galaxies) | 1.6 x 105 | |
| Andromeda Galaxy | 2.2 x 106 | |
| Galaxy in Virgo | 7.5 x 107 | 1,200 |
| Galaxy in Great Bear | 109 | 14,900 |
| Galaxy in Corona Borealis | 1.3 x 109 | 21,600 |
| Galaxy in Bootes | 4.5 x 109 | 39,300 |
| Very remote stellar object | -1.2 x 1010 | -280,000 |
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