• m0darn@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    I think you need to be more specific than ‘long distance’, yes they use parsecs for ‘long distances’ but I believe only for intra-galactic objects. I think other galaxies are too distant for parallax seconds to be useful.

    • Allero
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      4 months ago

      Fair!

      Thanks for this bit of clarification