How many light years in 1 parsecs? The answer is 3.2615637967311. We assume you are converting between light year and parsec. You can view more details on each measurement unit: light years or parsecs The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 1.0570008340246E-16 light years, or 3.2407792700054E-17 parsecs. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between light years and parsecs. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
1 light years to parsecs = 0.3066 parsecs
5 light years to parsecs = 1.53301 parsecs
10 light years to parsecs = 3.06601 parsecs
20 light years to parsecs = 6.13203 parsecs
30 light years to parsecs = 9.19804 parsecs
40 light years to parsecs = 12.26406 parsecs
50 light years to parsecs = 15.33007 parsecs
75 light years to parsecs = 22.9951 parsecs
100 light years to parsecs = 30.66014 parsecs
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A light year, abbreviated ly, is the distance light travels in one year: roughly 9.46 × 1012 kilometres (9.46 petametres, or about 5.88 × 1012 (nearly six trillion) miles). More specifically, a light year is defined as the distance that a photon would travel, in free space and infinitely far away from any gravitational or magnetic fields, in one Julian year (365.25 days of 86400 seconds each).
The parsec (symbol pc) is a unit of length used in astronomy. It stands for "parallax of one arc second", and is approximately 19,131,554,073,600 (19 trillion) miles.
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