Largest projected images (such as shadows) observed

Question

Serpens Nebula around the star HBC 672 (source: heic1819b)

Which are the largest observed images projected onto interstellar bodies (such as nebulae) by means of electromagnetic radiation? By “largest” I assume their own size, not angular size for the observer.
These should not necessarily be shadows (as shown above). They may be, for example, beams from directional sources or scattering from transient sources (light echo), but trivial spherically symmetric “images” (such as H II bubbles around hot stars) don’t qualify.

Answer 1

The light echo of V838 Monocerotis (Nova Monocerotis 2002)

has a radius of at least 4.5 light years. First images were circa April of 2002 and the two below are from December 17 2002 and September 9, 2006.

I don't know if this is the largest biggest, but I'll mention it to get things started and because it's so darn cool to look at.

Sources above: V838 Mon HST, below: V838 Monocerotis light echo (HST, September 2006)

• How does V838 Monocerotis look today? Any subsequent light echo images, or is the party over?
• Why weren't the Hubble light-echo images of V838 Monocerotis supplemented by ground telescopes?
• V838 Monocerotis "light-echo" images morphed into nice video, but why so few original images?

Figure 2 of the Nature paper describes the preservation of the actual light curve (history) within the structure of the light-echo shell:

"FIGURE 2. HST images of the light echoes The apparently superluminal expansion of the echoes as light from the outburst propagates outward into surrounding dust is shown dramatically. Images were taken in 2002 on 30 April (a), 20 May (b), 2 September (c) and 28 October (d). Each frame is 83" times 83"; north is up and east to the left. Imaging on 30 April was obtained only in the B filter, but B, V and I were used on the other three dates, allowing us to make full-colour renditions. The time evolution of the stellar outburst (Fig. 1) is reflected by structures visible in these colour images. In b, for example, note the series of rings and filamentary structures, especially in the upper right quadrant. Close examination shows that each set of rings has a sharp, blue outer edge, a dip in intensity nearer the star, and then a rebrightening to a redder plateau. Similar replicas of the outburst light curve are seen propagating outwards throughout all of the colour images."

From Astronom. J. 135, 2, 2008 or ArXiv