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parsec
Symbol:  pc 
Category:  Length 
SI Equivalent:  3.08568×1016 m
Dimension:  L 
 
Notes
Large length unit used in astronomy to describe distances to stars and galaxies. It is the distance from the sun to a remote star when the largest possible angle formed by the sun, the star, and the earth, in that order, is 1 second of angle.
Convert     pc  
1 pc =
Length
  Symbol Unit Name
5.83109×1026  a.u., a0, b  a.u. of length 
3.08568×1026  Å  angstrom 
1.06078×1020  arcmin  arcmin 
2.06265×105  AU, UA  astronomical unit 
3.08568×1034  am  attometer 
3.6445×1018    barleycorn (UK) 
5.83109×1026  a0, b  bohr (first Bohr radius) 
8.43635×1014    bolt (US cloth) 
1.4578×1019  line (UK)  button (UK) 
4.85933×1019  line (US)  button (US) 
1.66613×1014    cable length (int.) 
1.66507×1014    cable length (UK) 
1.40606×1014    cable length (US) 
1.21483×1020  caliber, cin  caliber (centiinch) 
3.08568×1018  cm  centimeter 
1.01236×1015  ch  chain (engineer's) 
1.53388×1015  ch  chain (Gunter's) 
1.01236×1015  ch  chain (Ramsden's) 
1.53388×1015  ch  chain (surveyor's) 
6.74908×1016    cubit (UK) 
3.08568×1015  dam  decameter 
3.08568×1017  dm  decimeter 
1.09501×1031  re  electron classical radius 
2.69963×1016    ell 
7.31637×1018    ems (pica) 
3.08568×10-2  Em  exameter 
1.68727×1016  fath  fathom 
3.08568×1031  fm  femtometer 
3.08568×1031  F, f  fermi 
5.83109×1026  a0, b, a.u.  first Bohr radius 
1.01236×1017  ft  foot 
9.25703×1019  fr  French 
1.53388×1014  fur  furlong (UK) 
1.53388×1014  fur  furlong (US) 
3.08568×107  Gm  gigameter 
3.03708×1017  hd  hand (UK) 
3.08568×1014  hm  hectometer 
3.26163×10-9    hubble 
1.21483×1018  in  inch 
3.08568×1013  km  kilometer 
1×10-3  kpc  kiloparsec 
6.39254×1012    league (Canadian) 
5.55378×1012  leag. (int. naut.)  league (int. naut.) 
6.39117×1012  leag. (stat.)  league (statute, land) 
5.55023×1012  leag. (UK, naut.)  league (UK, naut.) 
5.55023×1012  leag. (US, naut.)  league (US, naut.) 
1191.29    light-day 
2.85909×104    light-hour 
1.71545×106    light-minute 
1.02927×108    light-second 
3.26163  ly  light-year 
1.4578×1019  line (UK)  line (UK) 
4.85933×1019  line (US)  line (US) 
1.01236×1017    link (engineer's) 
1.53388×1017    link (Gunter's) 
1.01236×1017    link (Ramsden's) 
1.53388×1017    link (surveyor's) 
3.08568×1010  Mm  megameter 
3.08568×1016  m  meter 
1.21483×1024  µin  microinch 
3.08568×1022  µm  micron 
1.21483×1021  mil, thou  mil (thou) 
4.1577×1012  mile (geogr.)  mile (geographical) 
1.91735×1013  mi (int.)  mile (international) 
1.66613×1013  mi (naut., int.)  mile (nautical, international) 
1.66315×1013  mi (naut., teleg.)  mile (nautical, telegraph) 
1.66507×1013  mi (naut., UK, US)  mile (nautical, UK, US) 
1.91735×1013  mi (stat.)  mile (statute, land) 
1.91735×1013  mi (survey, US)  mile (survey, US) 
3.08568×1019  mm  millimeter 
3.08568×1025  mµ, nm  millimicron 
1.34982×1017    nail (UK) 
3.08568×1025  nm  nanometer 
1.66613×1013  mi (int. naut.)  nautical mile (international) 
1.66507×1013  mi (UK, US, naut.)  nautical mile (UK, US) 
4.04945×1016    pace (UK) 
4.04945×1017    palm (UK) 
6.13552×1015  rd  perch (rod, pole) 
30.8568  Pm  petameter 
7.31634×1018    pica 
3.08568×1028  pm  picometer 
8.7796×1019    point (US printer's) 
6.13552×1015  rd  pole (rod, perch) 
3.08568×109    quadrant 
6.13552×1015  rd  rod (perch, pole) 
5.06181×1015    rope (UK) 
1.34982×1017    span 
3.08568×104  Tm  terameter 
1.21483×1021  thou, mil  thou (mil) 
3.08504×1029  UX, X  X-unit 
3.37454×1016  yd  yard 
3.08568×1040  ym  yoctometer 
3.08568×10-8  Ym  yottameter 
3.08568×1037  zm  zeptometer 
3.08568×10-5  Zm  zettameter 
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