You can use any unit you want for distance.
If you want to use miles, then just take the number of light-years and multiply it by 5,878,700,000,000.
Light years is a measure for distance, the distance light travels in one year. For the light to travel 587 light years, it takes 587 years.
Light Years or AU (Astronomical units). It depends on what you are mesuring. For example the distance to the nearest star besides the sun is aproximitly 4.2 light years away vs. the earth is 1 AU away from the sun. (the au is the distance between the earth and the sun)
There is no such thing as a "130 light-year galaxy". A typical galaxy has a diameter of 100,000 light-years (dwarf galaxies can be somewhat smaller); the nearest dwarf galaxy is at a distance of perhaps 100,000 light-years.If another object (say, a star) is at a distance of 130 light-years, that means that light takes 130 years to travel from here to there, or from there to here.There is no such thing as a "130 light-year galaxy". A typical galaxy has a diameter of 100,000 light-years (dwarf galaxies can be somewhat smaller); the nearest dwarf galaxy is at a distance of perhaps 100,000 light-years.If another object (say, a star) is at a distance of 130 light-years, that means that light takes 130 years to travel from here to there, or from there to here.There is no such thing as a "130 light-year galaxy". A typical galaxy has a diameter of 100,000 light-years (dwarf galaxies can be somewhat smaller); the nearest dwarf galaxy is at a distance of perhaps 100,000 light-years.If another object (say, a star) is at a distance of 130 light-years, that means that light takes 130 years to travel from here to there, or from there to here.There is no such thing as a "130 light-year galaxy". A typical galaxy has a diameter of 100,000 light-years (dwarf galaxies can be somewhat smaller); the nearest dwarf galaxy is at a distance of perhaps 100,000 light-years.If another object (say, a star) is at a distance of 130 light-years, that means that light takes 130 years to travel from here to there, or from there to here.
27,000 light-years is a distance of 158,720,000,000,000,000 miles. This is the distance light will travel in 27,000 years.
It takes light 40 years to travel a distance of 40 light years.
A light year is a measure of distance not time. A light year is the distance light travels in one year. So for light to travel 6,300 light years, would take 6,300 years
The distance has been generally presented in Light-years, which is the distance light travels in one-year. The distance to Alpha Centari is 4.7 light-years (alpha Centari is 4.3 light-years distance).
The distance to a star located 100 light years away from Earth is 100 light years.
100 light years is the distance that light travels in 100 years, which is about 588 trillion miles.
40 light years is the distance that light travels in 40 years, which is about 235 trillion miles.
A light-year is a distance, not a year. 16 light-years is the distance light can travel in 16 years - 94,058,003,200,000 miles.
Years are a measurement of time; light years are a measurement of distance. A light year is the distance light travels in one year (in a vacuum).