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unit of length used to express astronomical distances, equal to the distance that light travels in vacuum in one Julian year (365.25 days)
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The light-year is most often used when expressing distances to stars and other distances on a galactic scale, especially in nonspecialist and popular science publications. The unit usually used in professional astrometry is the parsec [ IATE:1412953 ]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year
Alternatively the light-year (ly) is sometimes used in scientific papers as a distance unit, although its use is mostly confined to popular publications and similar media. The light-year is roughly equivalent to 0.3 parsecs, and is equal to the distance traveled by light in one Julian year in a vacuum, according to the IAU.
