We started discussing the birth of the stars by reviewing the processes that occur in gas/molecular clouds - clumps of gas condense and through gravitation and friction the gas ignites and a star is born (when enough mass has accumulated). We also started looking at star charts, for we will use them in future lessons when discussing stellar magnitudes. In so doing, we touched again upon ancient civilizations that first charted the skies, and thus understood the cyclical nature of 'time'.