In extragalactic Astronomy people often use kpc (kilo parsecs, or 1000 parsecs) or Mpc (mega parsecs, or 1,000,000 parsecs). For example the Sun is about 8 kpc from the centre of the galaxy and Virgo (the nearest large cluster of galaxies to us) is about 15-20 Mpc away.
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