Parsec (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Parsec" in English language version.

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Mei, S.; Blakeslee, J. P.; Côté, P.; et al. (2007). "The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XIII. SBF Distance Catalog and the Three-dimensional Structure of the Virgo Cluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (1): 144–162. arXiv:astro-ph/0702510. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..144M. doi:10.1086/509598. S2CID 16483538.

astronomy.com

"Why is a parsec 3.26 light-years?". Astronomy.com. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

britannica.com

"How Do We Know How Far Away the Stars Are?". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

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Dyson, F. W. (March 1913). "The distribution in space of the stars in Carrington's Circumpolar Catalogue". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 73 (5): 342. Bibcode:1913MNRAS..73..334D. doi:10.1093/mnras/73.5.334. [paragraph 14, page 342] Taking the unit of distance R* to be that corresponding to a parallax of 1″·0 [… Footnote:]
* There is need for a name for this unit of distance. Mr. Charlier has suggested Siriometer, but if the violence to the Greek language can be overlooked, the word Astron might be adopted. Professor Turner suggests Parsec, which may be taken as an abbreviated form of "a distance corresponding to a parallax of one second".
Bessel, F. W. (1838). "Bestimmung der Entfernung des 61sten Sterns des Schwans" [Determination of the distance of the 61st star of Cygnus]. Astronomische Nachrichten. 16 (5): 65–96. Bibcode:1838AN.....16...65B. doi:10.1002/asna.18390160502.
B. Luque; F. J. Ballesteros (2019). "Title: To the Sun and beyond". Nature Physics. 15 (12): 1302. Bibcode:2019NatPh..15.1302L. doi:10.1038/s41567-019-0685-3.
Mei, S.; Blakeslee, J. P.; Côté, P.; et al. (2007). "The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XIII. SBF Distance Catalog and the Three-dimensional Structure of the Virgo Cluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (1): 144–162. arXiv:astro-ph/0702510. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..144M. doi:10.1086/509598. S2CID 16483538.
Lineweaver, Charles H.; Davis, Tamara M. (1 March 2005). "Misconceptions about the Big Bang". Scientific American. 292 (3): 36–45. Bibcode:2005SciAm.292c..36L. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0305-36. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
Kirshner, R. P.; Oemler, A. Jr.; Schechter, P. L.; Shectman, S. A. (1981). "A million cubic megaparsec void in Bootes". The Astrophysical Journal. 248: L57. Bibcode:1981ApJ...248L..57K. doi:10.1086/183623. ISSN 0004-637X.

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"The Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission". Retrieved 28 August 2007.

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esquire.com

"'Solo' Corrected One of the Most Infamous 'Star Wars' Plot Holes". Esquire. 30 May 2018.

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Dyson, F. W. (March 1913). "The distribution in space of the stars in Carrington's Circumpolar Catalogue". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 73 (5): 342. Bibcode:1913MNRAS..73..334D. doi:10.1093/mnras/73.5.334. [paragraph 14, page 342] Taking the unit of distance R* to be that corresponding to a parallax of 1″·0 [… Footnote:]
* There is need for a name for this unit of distance. Mr. Charlier has suggested Siriometer, but if the violence to the Greek language can be overlooked, the word Astron might be adopted. Professor Turner suggests Parsec, which may be taken as an abbreviated form of "a distance corresponding to a parallax of one second".
Cox, Arthur N., ed. (2000). Allen's Astrophysical Quantities (4th ed.). New York: AIP Press / Springer. Bibcode:2000asqu.book.....C. ISBN 978-0387987460.
Binney, James; Tremaine, Scott (2008). Galactic Dynamics (2nd ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Bibcode:2008gady.book.....B. ISBN 978-0-691-13026-2.
Bessel, F. W. (1838). "Bestimmung der Entfernung des 61sten Sterns des Schwans" [Determination of the distance of the 61st star of Cygnus]. Astronomische Nachrichten. 16 (5): 65–96. Bibcode:1838AN.....16...65B. doi:10.1002/asna.18390160502.
B. Luque; F. J. Ballesteros (2019). "Title: To the Sun and beyond". Nature Physics. 15 (12): 1302. Bibcode:2019NatPh..15.1302L. doi:10.1038/s41567-019-0685-3.
Mei, S.; Blakeslee, J. P.; Côté, P.; et al. (2007). "The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XIII. SBF Distance Catalog and the Three-dimensional Structure of the Virgo Cluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (1): 144–162. arXiv:astro-ph/0702510. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..144M. doi:10.1086/509598. S2CID 16483538.
Lineweaver, Charles H.; Davis, Tamara M. (1 March 2005). "Misconceptions about the Big Bang". Scientific American. 292 (3): 36–45. Bibcode:2005SciAm.292c..36L. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0305-36. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
Kirshner, R. P.; Oemler, A. Jr.; Schechter, P. L.; Shectman, S. A. (1981). "A million cubic megaparsec void in Bootes". The Astrophysical Journal. 248: L57. Bibcode:1981ApJ...248L..57K. doi:10.1086/183623. ISSN 0004-637X.

iau.org

"Resolution B2 on the re-definition of the astronomical unit of length" (PDF), Resolution B2, Beijing: International Astronomical Union, 31 August 2012, The XXVIII General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union recommends [adopted] that the astronomical unit be redefined to be a conventional unit of length equal to exactly 149597870700 m, in agreement with the value adopted in IAU 2009 Resolution B2
"Resolution B2 on recommended zero points for the absolute and apparent bolometric magnitude scales" (PDF), Resolution B2, Honolulu: International Astronomical Union, 13 August 2015, The XXIX General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union notes [4] that the parsec is defined as exactly (648 000/ $\pi$ ) au per the AU definition in IAU 2012 Resolution B2

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"Scientists Take Viewers to the Center of the Milky Way - NASA". 10 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
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"Cosmic Distance Scales – The Milky Way". Retrieved 24 September 2014.

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High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC). "Deriving the Parallax Formula". NASA's Imagine the Universe!. Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Retrieved 26 November 2011.

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Turon, Catherine. "From Hipparchus to Hipparcos".

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Pogge, Richard. "Astronomy 162". Ohio State University.

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"The Pleiades Star Cluster | Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomy Guides". www.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

scientificamerican.com

Lineweaver, Charles H.; Davis, Tamara M. (1 March 2005). "Misconceptions about the Big Bang". Scientific American. 292 (3): 36–45. Bibcode:2005SciAm.292c..36L. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0305-36. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

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Mei, S.; Blakeslee, J. P.; Côté, P.; et al. (2007). "The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XIII. SBF Distance Catalog and the Three-dimensional Structure of the Virgo Cluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (1): 144–162. arXiv:astro-ph/0702510. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..144M. doi:10.1086/509598. S2CID 16483538.

space.com

Andrew May (29 July 2022). "What is a parsec? Definition and calculation". Space.com. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
Choi, Charlse (5 November 2019). "'Star Wars' Gets the Parsec Wrong Again in 'The Mandalorian'". space.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

stardate.org

"Farthest Stars". StarDate. University of Texas at Austin. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

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"Galaxy structures: the large scale structure of the nearby universe". Archived from the original on 5 March 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2007.

universeguide.com

"Eso 383-76 Galaxy Facts, Distance & Size". Universe Guide. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

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Benedict, G. F.; et al. "Astrometric Stability and Precision of Fine Guidance Sensor #3: The Parallax and Proper Motion of Proxima Centauri" (PDF). Proceedings of the HST Calibration Workshop. pp. 380–384. Retrieved 11 July 2007.

web.archive.org

"Galaxy structures: the large scale structure of the nearby universe". Archived from the original on 5 March 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
Lineweaver, Charles H.; Davis, Tamara M. (1 March 2005). "Misconceptions about the Big Bang". Scientific American. 292 (3): 36–45. Bibcode:2005SciAm.292c..36L. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0305-36. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

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Kirshner, R. P.; Oemler, A. Jr.; Schechter, P. L.; Shectman, S. A. (1981). "A million cubic megaparsec void in Bootes". The Astrophysical Journal. 248: L57. Bibcode:1981ApJ...248L..57K. doi:10.1086/183623. ISSN 0004-637X.

zenodo.org

Bessel, F. W. (1838). "Bestimmung der Entfernung des 61sten Sterns des Schwans" [Determination of the distance of the 61st star of Cygnus]. Astronomische Nachrichten. 16 (5): 65–96. Bibcode:1838AN.....16...65B. doi:10.1002/asna.18390160502.