Physical scales and prominent (jet) components in M 87 on a logarithmic scale with the region excluded by this work shaded in gray. This work (Sect. 3.2) excludes the region ≳4.6 kpc as the origin of the VHE gamma-ray emission of the low state of M 87. The half-light radius of the stars, R_1/2 ≈ 7.2 kpc (Weil et al. 1997), and the dimensions of the radio lobes are also shown. The order of magnitude of the size of the EHT ring-like structure (∼10⁻³ pc) is shown (The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration 2019; The EHT MWL Science Working Group 2021). The measured extension from Centaurus A is shown for comparison (Abdalla et al. 2020a).