Well, my old astronomy book gives Vega's distance in light years (26), and a parsec is about three-and-a-quarter light years, so just about 8.
parallax[parallax+second], in astronomy, basic unit of length for measuring interstellar and intergalactic distances, equal to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, 3.26 light-years, or 3.08×1013 km (about 19 million million mi). The distance in parsecs of an object from the earth is the reciprocal of the http://www.answers.com/topic/parallax of the object. The nearest star, Proxima Centauri, has a parallax of 0.763″ of arc and a distance of about 1.31 parsecs.definition from Answers.com
Astronomical Units, parsecs, light years, take your pick.
The biggest distance unit we know of that has a name is the ' Megaparsec ', equal to -- 1 million parsecs -- 3,262,000 light years (rounded) -- 19,175,510,080,000,000,000 miles (rounded) -- 153,404,080,700,000,000,000 furlongs (rounded) -- 101,246,693,200,000,000,000,000 feet (rounded) -- 1,214,960,319,000,000,000,000,000 inches (rounded) -- 3,085,999,210,000,000,000,000,000 centimeters (rounded)
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
False, its slower.
Vega is a white star with an A-type spectrum. Its absolute magnitude (magnitude at a standard distance of 10 parsecs) is 0.5 making it 4 magnitudes brighter than the Sun, i.e. 40 times brighter. Its distance is 30 light years.
Vega is a white star with an A-type spectrum. Its absolute magnitude (magnitude at a standard distance of 10 parsecs) is 0.5 making it 4 magnitudes brighter than the Sun, i.e. 40 times brighter. Its distance is 30 light years.
the sun's distance in parsecs in three-hundred billion parsecs nothing
30.659 parsecs
A distance of one million parsecs (approximately 3,262,000 light-years) is commonly denoted by the megaparsec(Mpc).
The distance to Proxima Centauri in parsecs can be calculated using the formula: distance (in parsecs) = 1 / parallax angle (in arcseconds). Therefore, the distance to Proxima Centauri is approximately 1.30 parsecs.
About 135 parsecs.
260 +/- 20 parsecs.
To convert parsecs to kilometers, you can use the conversion factor: 1 parsec = 3.086x10^13 kilometers. Multiply the number of parsecs by this conversion factor to get the equivalent distance in kilometers.
The distance is 41 parsecs (approx 134 lightyears).
The distance from the sun to the star Vega is roughly 25.3 light years.
Sirius is approximately 2.6 parsecs or 8.6 light years away from Earth.