Megaparsec Megaparsec Most Holy Place Category="Astronomical units of length"The megaparsec (abbreviated Mpc) is a unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to one million parsecs.

It is the most common unit of distance employed in Extragalactic astronomy.

Conversion tables

1 Mpc = 1000 kpc = 1,000,000 pc
1 Mpc =3.26×10⁶ ly (approximate)
1 Mpc =3.086×10²² m = 30.86 Zm (approximate)
1 Mpc =0.001 gpc

Some approximate distances in megaparsecs

Distance from Solar system to center of the Milky Way0.009 Mpc
Diameter of the Milky Way0.02 Mpc
Distance to the Andromeda Galaxy0.6 Mpc
Distance to the Virgo cluster17 Mpc - 22 Mpc
Distance to the RXJ1242-11 Galaxy200 Mpc

See also

References

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