If the Milky Way were 1 meter across, how big would the rest of the universe be?

Here's the list based on 1 meter = 100,000 light years:

The Magellanic Clouds ..................................   1.6 meters
Andromeda Galaxy........................................  20 meters
Virgo Cluster of galaxies............................... 615 meters
Coma Cluster........................................... 3660 meters
Bootes Cluster........................................ 21,100 meters
Quasar 3C 273......................................... 20,500 meters
Edge of Visible Universe at 15 billion light years.... 150,000 meters

Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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