Definitions of parsec in English
noun
(1) A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
Examples of parsec in English
(1) For reference, one parsec is around three light years.
(2) The fact remained that the Rage fleet was within a parsec of Nova.
(3) But cosmologists are so comfortable with millions and billions that none of them feel the urge to invent a unit much beyond the light-year or the parsec .
(4) I mean, all the ones that I've looked at so far are within 100 parsecs of 300 light years of the Sun.
(5) Their absolute magnitude is that of their appearance at 10 parsecs , or 32.6 light-years.
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