Parsecs to Chains (pc to ch)

Chains to Parsecs (Swap Units)

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Parsecs to Chains formula

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pc * 1533900000000000
 
 
 
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Parsecs

Astronomers used trigonometry to calculate the distance to stars long before the term parsec was coined, but the new unit made it easier to conceptualise unfathomable distances.

A parsec is the distance from the sun to an astronomical object which has a parallax angle of one arcsecond (1/3600 of a degree). The parallax angle is found by measuring the parallax motion (or apparent movement of a star relative to stable, more distant stars) when the star is observed from opposite sides of the Sun (an interval of six months on Earth). The parallax angle is obtained by halving the angular difference in measurements.

Once the parallax angle is established you can calculate the distance to a star using trigonometry, because we know Earth’s distance from the Sun. The distance from the Sun of a body with a parallax angle of 1 arcsecond was thus defined as a unit and, thanks to Turner, named the parsec.

With the parsec defined, deriving and describing huge distances became easy, since a distance i

 

Parsecs to Chains formula

ch =
pc * 1533900000000000
 
 
 

Chains

Unit of length equal to 66 feet, used especially in the U.S. public land surveys. The original measuring instrument (Gunter's chain) was literally a chain consisting of 100 iron links, each 7.92 inches long. Steel-ribbon tapes began to supersede chains around 1900, but surveying tapes are often still called "chains" and measuring with a tape is often called "chaining". The chain is a convenient unit in cadastral surveys because 10 square chains equal 1 acre.

 

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Parsecs Chains
0pc 0.00ch
1pc 1533877854625892.25ch
2pc 3067755709251784.50ch
3pc 4601633563877677.00ch
4pc 6135511418503569.00ch
5pc 7669389273129461.00ch
6pc 9203267127755354.00ch
7pc 10737144982381246.00ch
8pc 12271022837007138.00ch
9pc 13804900691633030.00ch
10pc 15338778546258922.00ch
11pc 16872656400884814.00ch
12pc 18406534255510708.00ch
13pc 19940412110136600.00ch
14pc 21474289964762492.00ch
15pc 23008167819388384.00ch
16pc 24542045674014276.00ch
17pc 26075923528640168.00ch
18pc 27609801383266060.00ch
19pc 29143679237891952.00ch
Parsecs Chains
20pc 30677557092517844.00ch
21pc 32211434947143736.00ch
22pc 33745312801769628.00ch
23pc 35279190656395520.00ch
24pc 36813068511021416.00ch
25pc 38346946365647304.00ch
26pc 39880824220273200.00ch
27pc 41414702074899088.00ch
28pc 42948579929524984.00ch
29pc 44482457784150872.00ch
30pc 46016335638776768.00ch
31pc 47550213493402656.00ch
32pc 49084091348028552.00ch
33pc 50617969202654448.00ch
34pc 52151847057280336.00ch
35pc 53685724911906232.00ch
36pc 55219602766532120.00ch
37pc 56753480621158016.00ch
38pc 58287358475783904.00ch
39pc 59821236330409800.00ch
Parsecs Chains
40pc 61355114185035688.00ch
41pc 62888992039661584.00ch
42pc 64422869894287472.00ch
43pc 65956747748913368.00ch
44pc 67490625603539256.00ch
45pc 69024503458165152.00ch
46pc 70558381312791040.00ch
47pc 72092259167416928.00ch
48pc 73626137022042832.00ch
49pc 75160014876668720.00ch
50pc 76693892731294608.00ch
51pc 78227770585920512.00ch
52pc 79761648440546400.00ch
53pc 81295526295172288.00ch
54pc 82829404149798176.00ch
55pc 84363282004424080.00ch
56pc 85897159859049968.00ch
57pc 87431037713675856.00ch
58pc 88964915568301744.00ch
59pc 90498793422927648.00ch