LogIQids - #LearnWithLQ - What is a Light Year? Popular misconception makes one believe that a light-year is a unit of time. However, it is an astronomical unit of distance. One light-year
![Should you use light-years or parsecs for astronomical distance? - Sky & Telescope - Sky & Telescope Should you use light-years or parsecs for astronomical distance? - Sky & Telescope - Sky & Telescope](http://skyandtelescope.org/wp-content/uploads/Parallax-Illustration_341px.jpg)
Should you use light-years or parsecs for astronomical distance? - Sky & Telescope - Sky & Telescope
If a star is probably 1 light-year away from earth, does that mean that when we see it through a telescope we are seeing it as it was 1 year ago? - Quora
![The light year is a measurement of distance. It is defined as the distance light travels in one year in vacuum. The speed of light in vacuum is 299792.458 kilometers per second. The light year is a measurement of distance. It is defined as the distance light travels in one year in vacuum. The speed of light in vacuum is 299792.458 kilometers per second.](https://homework.study.com/cimages/videopreview/videopreview-full/astronomical-units-light-years-definition-examples_165899.jpg)