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parsec
parsec (symbol pc) A basic unit of stellar distance, corresponding to a
trigonometric parallax of one second of arc (1″). In other words, it is the distance at which one astronomical unit subtends an angle of one second of arc. One parsec equals 3.2616 light years, 206 265 astronomical units, or 30.857 × 10
12 km. For distances on galactic and intergalactic scales, kiloparsec (kpc) and megaparsec (Mpc) are used. See also
light year.
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PARSEC Group Announces the Expansion of its Certified Compaq Training Center.
Business Wire; 10/15/2001; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2001 PARSEC Group, Inc.: The Institute for Software Advancement joins PARSEC Group in a Partnership to More Efficiently...Compaq Training Around the Country Today, PARSEC Group, Inc. (www.parsec.com) announced...
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PointSecure Inc. and PARSEC Group Form Strategic Partnership.
Business Wire; 5/22/2001; 700+ words
; ...and compliance applications, and the PARSEC Group, a premier provider of technical...Brian Smith, senior vice president at PARSEC Group. "We are looking forward to working...will benefit from this relationship." PARSEC has been providing OpenVMS consulting...
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PARSEC Group Expands IT Training Facilities Opening Five New Regional Sites Nationwide.
Business Wire; 4/23/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2002 PARSEC Brings Industry-leading IT Training...Dallas, Chicago and San Jose, Calif. PARSEC Group, Inc., the world's only IT...locations, with classes beginning May 1. PARSEC's training classes include OpenVMS...
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Systems Integrators Partner with Parsec to Deliver Real-Time Performance Management and Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence Solutions.
Business Wire; 4/17/2007; 700+ words
; BREA, Calif. -- More than seventeen systems integrators joined Parsec's Global Partner Program Parsec Automation Corp. (Parsec), the developer of TrakSYS[TM], developed to enable systems integrators to address...
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Worldwide Manufacturer of Prescription Pharmaceuticals Selects Parsec to Gain Vital Plant Floor Insights and Improve Efficiencies.
Business Wire; 8/14/2007; 700+ words
; ...Visibility to Troubleshoot Root Causes BREA, Calif. -- Parsec Automation Corp. (Parsec), the leading worldwide provider of enterprise...imaging products and pharmaceuticals selected Parsec's TrakSYS[TM] to gain performance visibility...
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Parsec Introduces LEANTrak(TM): A Mobile Solution for Real-time Performance Management Designed to Help Manufacturers Improve Profitability.
PR Newswire; 12/17/2007; 700+ words
; ...Calif., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Parsec Automation Corp., developer of TrakSYS...says Eddy Azad, President and CEO of Parsec. "In today's competitive market...priorities for manufacturing organizations. Parsec's LEANTrak provides managers with real...
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Parsec Automation Corporation Named One of the Top 40 Emerging Software Vendors.
Business Wire; 1/9/2007; 700+ words
; BREA, Calif. -- Parsec Automation Corporation, the leading...Manufacturing Business Technology Magazine, Parsec has increased license revenue by more...said Eddy Azad, CEO and President of Parsec. "Our selection in the 2006 list is...
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PARSEC Group Launches Education Points Program; Aggressive Point System Allows Clients Both Maximum Flexibility and Extended Interest-Free Financial Terms.
Business Wire; 4/15/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2002 PARSEC Group, Inc., the world's only IT...Microsoft Training and Joint Training. "PARSEC's new Education Points Program works...made over time interest-free," said PARSEC Group Executive Vice President Brian Smith...
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IVAX Diagnostics Announces CE Certification for PARSEC System; New Instrument System on Display at Upcoming Clinical Lab Expo.
Business Wire; 7/21/2005; 700+ words
; MIAMI -- First PARSEC(TM) System in U.S. Installed for...S.r.l. for the production of the PARSEC(TM) System instrument. Delta Biologicals...declarations of CE conformity when the PARSEC(TM) System instrument is marketed in...
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Global Medical Equipment Manufacturer Selects Parsec to Optimize Its Plant Business Intelligence and Further Its Competitive Edge.
Business Wire; 7/24/2007; 700+ words
; BREA, Calif. -- Parsec Automation Corp. (Parsec), the leading worldwide provider of real-time performance...largest manufacturer of clinical diagnostic instruments selected Parsec's TrakSYS[TM] for its Northeast division. The choice...
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parsec
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
parsec [ par allax + sec ond...about 19 million million mi). The distance in parsecs of an object from the earth is the reciprocal of...prime; of arc and a distance of about 1.31 parsecs.
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Parallax
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...use a distance unit called a parsec (short for parallax-second). A parsec is the distance to a star that...exactly one second of arc. One parsec is 206,265 times the distance...The distance to a star in parsecs is then simply 1 divided by...
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parallax
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...stellar measurement is the parsec ; it is the distance at which...A star's distance d in parsecs is the reciprocal of its parallax...places it at a distance of 3.3 parsecs or about 11 light-years...useful for stars within 100 parsecs. Spectroscopic parallax is...
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distance modulus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...is directly linked to the distance in parsecs, r , by the formulam - M = 5 log...distance modulus is known, the distance in parsecs can be found fromr = 10 × 1...their distance modulus, rather than in parsecs or light years.
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Stellar Magnitudes
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...revealing than apparent magnitude is absolute magnitude, the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were ten parsecs from the Earth (a parsec is a unit of distance equal to 12 trillion mi [19.3 trillion km]). This is important because apparent...
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