system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
If photons take millions of years to reach the outer surface of a star, do we see stars the instant they are created?

I know it takes time for the light to reach earth, but I'm not taking that into affect.
gpt
That is the average length of time a photon will take.  Some might propagate to the surface in seconds while others take thousands of years.  Furthermore, some photons are created right on the surface itself.