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by flebron 1314 days ago
pc = Parsec :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec

I don't know what the G stands for. Possibly luminosity of some kind?

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Brightness seems to be measured as apparent magnitude but that's denoted by m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude

I think G is Stellar Classification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification#Class_G which would mean this new star is the same class as our Sun.