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How many AU is it to the nearest galaxy?

Answer 1

Lydia Allen

Nearest galaxy is Andromeda 2.5 million light years away.

One light year is equal to 63197.790 astronomical units (1996), when converting light years to astronomical units.

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Answer 2

Ivy Allen

The nearest galaxy to the Milky Way is the Andromeda Galaxy, which is approximately 2.537 million light-years away, or about 0.76 megaparsecs. This distance is equivalent to roughly 780 kiloparsecs or 2.537 million parsecs. In astronomical units (AU), 1 parsec is roughly equal to 206,265 AU, so the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy is approximately 5.236 trillion AU.

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