parsec

[ US /ˈpɑɹˌsɛk/ ]
[ UK /pˈɑːsɛk/ ]
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
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  • For reference, one parsec is around three light years.
  • Currently, most astronomers agree that the value of the Hubble constant is about 71 kilometers per second per megaparsec a megaparsec is 3.2 million light-years. The Big Honkin’ Universe « UDreamOfJanie
  • At the time of this telling, one hundred and twenty-five billion years after your star, Sol, cindered to frozen rubble, the whole universe is a mere six hundred thousand parsecs wide, the distance from your Earth to the Andromeda galaxy. Archive 2010-04-01
  • Why, for example, does Han Solo boast about his ship's speed by saying that it can do the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs when a parsec is in fact a measurement of distance rather than time? Han Vs. Greedo: ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Supervising Director Dave Filoni Knows Who Shot First » MTV Movies Blog
  • A parsec is the distance equal to light traveling for 3.26 light years. Science Fiction or Science Fantasy: Who Ya Got? - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games
  • You should hear those pious warmongers curse a blue streak a parsec wide! live in a fantasy world if you must perhaps you should save your indignation for * actual warcrimes & corruption*, not pouting that language doesn't live up to your fantastical expectations? garsh diddily darn, if there aren't people who think the RAPE of the World & its international citizenry by the United States InvestorClass is somehow the * LESSER CRIME* than the language of allegory … ah, but there we have censorship: where whinging is their only art form & only means to exert influence over others. Rezo.net
  • The major arms consist of the highest densities of both young and old stars; the minor arms are primarily filled with gas and pockets of star-forming activity. he artist's concept also includes a new spiral arm, called the "Far-3 kiloparsec arm," discovered via a radio-telescope survey of gas in the Milky Way. Scientific Blogging
  • Mentally, he was far from Tellus, flitting in his super-dreadnaught through parsec after parsec of vacuous space. Archive 2010-05-01
  • In astronomy, the preferred unit of measurement for such distances is the parsec, which is defined as the distance at which an object will appear to move one arcsecond of parallax when the observer moves one astronomical unit perpendicular to the line of sight to the observer. Ann Aguirre » Blog Archive » A day in the life – blog Jeopardy
  • And the fact that you managed to work the word 'parsec' in there makes it even more fun. Star Wars Galaxy Map
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