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> Now if I remember correctly, a parsec is 2 degrees of arc in 
> astronomical  terms but it's been a while. Science Fiction movies 
> however have twisted  it all around so in that sense it has become 
> meaningless.

I think a parsec is a distance at which an object shows
a PARallax of one SECond of arc.

1 Parsec = 1.53388225 * 10^14 furlongs (just to keep in style)

Rudolf PA2RHB
Heemskerk, JO22im


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