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A parsec is a unit of length equivalent to about 3.26 light-years, not a measure of time as misrepresented in popular culture, such as in Star Wars. It originated from early methods of measuring stellar distances using parallax. The nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is approximately 1.3 parsecs away from Earth.

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