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depends who's measuring and which star. it is a matter of preference.

1. kilometers/miles - relatively nearby star like our sun

2. lightyears - near-medium star like the nearest star except the sun

3. parsecs - medium-far star

4. megaparsecs - very far star

there are some others but they are not the usual ones

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