[Robert A.M. Stephens]

Without looking it up, how many stars are there within one parsec of Earth?

5

or

3

or

7

[RAILhead]

None of the above.

Doesn't everyone know this? Sol is the only star that close.

[turtle777]

2 - Sol and the Sun

-t

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by RAILhead

None of the above.

Doesn't everyone know this? Sol is the only star that close.

If I knew how much a parsec was (and don’t give me the dictionary definition, I don’t understand it, that’s the whole problem ), I might have known.

So how far from the Earth is Sqornshellous Zeta, then?

[Kerrigan]

Let's ask Art Bell®

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by Oisín

If I knew how much a parsec was (and don’t give me the dictionary definition, I don’t understand it, that’s the whole problem ), I might have known.

So how far from the Earth is Sqornshellous Zeta, then?

A Parsec is 1/12 the distance Han Solo traveled for his Kessel run. Duh.































( The answer is 1, by the way. The closest other star is Proxima Centauri, but it's further than 1 parsec. )

[brassplayersrock²]

now that this has been answered lets lock this thread.

[Kerrigan]

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock

now that this has been answered lets lock this thread.

My thoughts exactly.

[ghporter]

From the American Heritage Dictionary (online)

A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is one second of arc and equal to 3.258 light-years, 3.086 × 1013 kilometers, or 1.918 × 1013 miles.

Proxima is about 4.3 LY away from Sol.

[brassplayersrock²]

[Chuckit]

Since nobody actually measures anything in parsecs, I wouldn't be surprised if nobody knew this.