Spring 2007 Courses
General Astronomy

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Former West Chester University student Anna Mytyk and a team of astronomers from the UK and the US have obtained the first x-ray images of the Eagle Nebula. Although over a thousand young x-ray stars were discovered, none are associated with the Evaporating Gaseous Globules made famous in the Hubble Space Telescope image of the Pillars of Creation. Read more...

Announcements: This spring we are offering General Astronomy (ESS 111) and Geology of the Solar System (ESS 307). Next fall we will be offering General Astronomy (ESS 111) and Origins of Life and the Universe (SCB 210). Please contact Dr. Karen Vanlandingham for registration information. Teachers, please contant Dr. Vanlandingham at kvanlandingham@wcupa.edu to book a visit to the West Chester University Planetarium.
ESS 111 ESL 111 General Astronomy Fall 2006 Spring 2007 Summer 2007 Fall 2007	SCB 210 Origins of Life and the Universe Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008	ESS 355 ESS 555 Intermediate Astronomy Fall 2006 Fall 2008	ESS 362 ESS 562 History of Astronomy Spring 2005