light year to megaparsec
Please provide values below to convert light year [ly] to megaparsec [Mpc], or change ↔.
light year [ly]
Definition: The distance that light travels in one year in a vacuum, approximately 9.461 trillion kilometers.
Historyandorigin: First coined in the 19th century, the light-year was introduced to describe vast distances in the universe.
CurrentUse: Used by astronomers to express distances between stars and galaxies.
funfact: A light year is a measure of distance, not time!
megaparsec [Mpc]
Definition: A unit of distance in astronomy, equal to 1,000 kiloparsecs or approximately 3.26 million light years.
Historyandorigin: The megaparsec was introduced to measure very large astronomical distances, particularly in cosmology.
CurrentUse: Used to express the size of galaxy clusters and the distance between them.
funfact: Galaxy superclusters are often described in megaparsecs!
light year [ly] to megaparsec [Mpc] Conversion Table
| 1 light year [ly] | 3.066013938E-7 megaparsec [Mpc] |
| 2 light year [ly] | 6.132027876E-7 megaparsec [Mpc] |
| 3 light year [ly] | 9.198041814E-7 megaparsec [Mpc] |
| 5 light year [ly] | 0.000001533 megaparsec [Mpc] |
| 10 light year [ly] | 0.000003066 megaparsec [Mpc] |
| 50 light year [ly] | 0.0000153301 megaparsec [Mpc] |
| 100 light year [ly] | 0.0000306601 megaparsec [Mpc] |
| 1000 light year [ly] | 0.0003066014 megaparsec [Mpc] |
| 10000 light year [ly] | 0.0030660139 megaparsec [Mpc] |
| 100000 light year [ly] | 0.0306601394 megaparsec [Mpc] |
| 1000000 light year [ly] | 0.3066013938 megaparsec [Mpc] |
How to Convert light year to megaparsec
1 light year [ly] = 3.066013938E-7 megaparsec [Mpc]
1 megaparsec [Mpc] = 3261563.7769 light year [ly]
we use cross multiplication method
light year [ly] → megaparsec [Mpc]
1 → 3.066013938E-7
1.5 → ?( suppose x)
=>1.5*3.066013938E-7=1*x
by simplifying
x=4.599020907E-7