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parsec (n)
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
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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
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The nearest star system to our solar system, Proxima Centauri, is approximately 1.3 parsecs away.
The Milky Way galaxy has a diameter of around 30,000 parsecs.
The Andromeda galaxy, the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way, is situated approximately 0.78 megaparsecs away.
The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy near our solar system, is located at a distance of about 50 kiloparsecs.