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What is a megaparsec?

What is a megaparsec? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (astronomy) A unit of distance equal to a million parsecs
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Using four different ways to measure distances in the cosmos, the astronomers find a Hubble constant of 70 kilometers per second per megaparsec.
The average value of Hubble's constant derived from these many different measurements was about 50 km per second per megaparsec.
The Milky Way Galaxy is one of the Local Group of galaxies, which contains more than three dozen members and extends over a volume about one megaparsec in diameter.
At the meeting, Freedman reported a Hubble constant of about 73 kilometers per second per megaparsec, which corresponds to a universe between 9 and 12 billion years old.
From this measurement, they calculated a Hubble constant of 80 kilometers per second per megaparsec.

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