The science of astronomy is of double interest to Bible-believing Creationists; for it has applications both to cosmology and cosmogony, and also to chronology. In both of these fields, however, not only uses, but also abuses, are possible, and, indeed, common. Abuses in cosmology and cosmogony usually involve unwarranted extrapolation of data from the present to the remote past, or maybe to remote distances. Abuses having to do with chronology usually involve mixing unwarranted assumptions in with the astronomical data, or in accepting one out of several possible interpretations of a record, and ignoring others. In this article the author has examined several dates supposedly established by astronomical data. The dates are mostly from Egypt, and obtained by the Sothic method. In fact, these alleged results are very questionable; and alternate interpretations do not lead to conflicts with Scripture, when Scripture deals with Egyptian matters.