Table
of Contents

Lesson 1

Introduction

Lesson 2

What is astronomy?

Lesson 3

How big is the universe?

Lesson 4

The origin of the universe

Lesson 5

Watching the sky

Lesson 6

Why did God created the heavenly bodies?

Lesson 7

Space exploration

Lesson 8

A Tour of the Solar System

Lesson 9

A Tour of the Solar System—The Sun and the Moon

Lesson 10

Stars and galaxies

Lesson 11

Cosmic Catastrophes

Lesson 12

Catastrophes in the Solar System

Lesson 13

Are there other planets in the Solar System?

The Astronomy Book
by Dr Jonathan Henry

Lesson 10

Stars and galaxies

Textbook:

The Astronomy Book

Text:

pp. 50-55

Scripture:

Genesis 1:15, 16
Judges 5:20
Psalm 147:4

Vocabulary Words

• Incandescent
• Spectrum
• Prism
• Spectral analysis
• Stellar magnitudes
• Black hole
• Galaxy

Questions:

1. Write an essay (at least 3 paragraphs) describing the composition of stars.
2. What are the colors in the spectrum? (Hint: there are 7 colors and they can be remembered by a name, ' Roy G Biv'.)
3. Anna Jump Cannon is the lady scientist responsible for developing the current classification scheme of dividing stars into their spectral classes (O,B,A,F,G,K,M). Write a research paper on her life and work.
4. Henrietta Swan Leavitt worked on developing a way to measure the distance to stars. Find out more about her from Creation Safaris' The World's Greatest Creation Scientists from Y1K to Y2K, and write a research paper about her life and work.
5. How do stars differ from each other?
6. What is a 'black hole'? (See also Black holes in space don’t support evolution!).
7. In what galaxy is Earth located?

Additional Resources

• Astronomy and the Bible (book) by Dr Donald DeYoung
• Starlight and Time (book) by Dr D. Russell Humphreys
• Starlight and Time (DVD) by Dr D. Russell Humphreys
• How can we see distant stars in a young universe?
• What about the slowing, stopping, and reversing of light?