To begin to understand our origin, we must look into the sky and study the life stories of stars, galaxies, and the Universe itself.

Our view of space from Atlanta -

Measure distances in length units (km, Astronomical Unit, parsec) or in equivalent light travel time (speed of light = 186,000 miles per second).

Moon - 1 second
Sun - 8 minutes
Jupiter - 33 minutes
Saturn - 71 minutes
Vega - 25 years
Deneb - 1,500 years
Center of the Milky Way galaxy - 28,000 years