Convert 1 Parsec to Light Years
How far is 1 parsec? How long is 1 parsec in light years? 1 pc to ly conversion.
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1 Parsec ≈
3.2615638 Light Years
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Result in Plain English
1 parsec is equal to about 3.26 light years.
In Scientific Notation
1 parsec
= 1 x 100 parsecs
≈ 3.26156 x 100 light years
Parsecs
A parsec is a unit of distance used in astronomy. It is exactly 648,000 / Pi astronomical units, or approximately 30.9 trillion kilometers.
Light Years
A light year is the distance that light travels in one year. The year used by the International Astronomical Union is 365.25 days. A light year is defined as exactly 9,460,730,472,580.8 kilometers.