Re: Background questions

>Actually, piping in here for a second, a parsec is more of an accepted
>standard
>in measuring distances in the astronomical community. Now granted, it
doesn't
>translate into lightyears very easily (3.2615 ly to the parsec), but
then
>again, astronomical units (AUs), another standard of measure, don't
translate
>into miles/kilometers real easily, either. :-/

I can't help myself: I'm a big proponent of the metric system ;-)

Schoon