Light-years to parsecs (ly to pc) converter

You can enter a value in either the light-years (ly) or parsecs (pc) input fields. For an understanding of the conversion process, we include algebraic formulas.

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light-years (ly)

 

parsecs (pc)

 
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1 ly = 0.30660209 pc 1 pc = 3.26155642 ly

Algebraic Steps / Dimensional Analysis Formula
ly * 1 pc
3.2638 ly
= pc

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