The Scale of a Neutron Star

In the image that those of you who happen to be watching a new tube or live while we're recording on twitch um, there is a tiny speck that, on my particular monitor is the size of my pinky finger nail. That represents where the galaxy is. About seven inches away in this image is where the the jet ends. And the jet is actually pointed a bit at us, so that's hiding some of the full length of this jet. In the radio sky, galaxies are a very different size tram they are in the optical sky because of how big these jets are. So for like a neutron star, we're talking dozens of light years it can be. It's just