Animated 3D map of the closest stars to our Solar System (centre). The Earth's equatorial plane is the horizontal plane, and the blue shells mark five light-years, with the outermost shell being 20 light-years from the Sun.
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A series of concentric, translucent blue spheres represents a 3d map of the local universe. The sun is at the centre, and each shell marks distance steps of 5 light-years.