Astronomy involves both large scales and numbers that can

readily be written down, but often fail to convey the relative size.

Compared to Mann

seeks to make some sense of these for our Isle of Man visitors

using comparisons that relate to the Island and its confines.

Subject for comparison
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Asteroid ~ 99942 Apophis (2004 MN4)
Manannan Crater, Europa