Parsec

Parsec is length unit, symbol: [pc]. Definition of 1 parsec ≈ 3.085677581x10¹⁶. Distance of star with parallax shift of one arc second from a base of one astronomical unit . Compared to metre, parsec is bigger unit.

• 1 [pc] = `3.085677581*10^16` [m]

• 1 [m] = `1/(3.085677581*10^16)` [pc] = 3.2407792899604 × 10^-17 [pc]

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[pc]
=? micrometre
=? millimetre
=? centimetre
=? metre
=? kilometre
=? foot (International)
=? inch (International)
=? line
=? mile (international)
=? point (PostScript)
=? yard (International)
=? zoll

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..to astronomical unit
..to barleycorn
..to bohr, atomic unit of length
..to cable length (imperial)
..to cable length (International)
..to cable length (US)
..to centimetre (metric)
..to chain
..to cubit
..to decimetre (metric)
..to dekametre (metric)
..to ell
..to fathom
..to fermi
..to finger
..to finger (cloth)
..to foot (Benoît)
..to foot (Cape)
..to foot (Clarke's)
..to foot (Indian)
..to foot (International)
..to foot, metric
..to foot, metric (long)
..to foot, metric (short)
..to foot (Sear's)
..to foot (US Survey)
..to french; charriere
..to furlong
..to hand
..to hectometre (metric)
..to inch (International)
..to kilometre (metric)
..to league (land)
..to light-day
..to light-hour
..to light-minute
..to light-second
..to light-year
..to line
..to link (Gunter's; Surveyor's)
..to link (Ramsden's; Engineer's)
..to metre (metric)
..to mickey
..to micrometre (metric)
..to micron
..to mil (Sweden and Norway)
..to mil; thou
..to mile (geographical)
..to mile (international)
..to mile (tactical or data)
..to mile (telegraph)
..to mile (US Survey)
..to millimetre (metric)
..to nail (cloth)
..to nanometre (metric)
..to nautical league
..to nautical mile (Admiralty)
..to nautical mile (international)
..to nautical mile (US pre 1954)
..to pace
..to palm
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..to pica (PostScript)
..to picometre (old: bicron, stigma)
..to pikometre (metric)
..to point (American, English)
..to point (Didot; European)
..to point (PostScript)
..to point (TeX)
..to quarter
..to rod; pole; perch
..to rope
..to shaku (Japan)
..to span
..to spat
..to stick
..to twip
..to x unit; siegbahn
..to yard (International)
..to zoll

Source or more info

P. Kenneth Seidelmann, Ed. (1992). Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac. Sausalito, CA: University Science Books. p. 716 and s.v. parsec in Glossary.