Department of Geology and Astronomy
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
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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

           
       

Department of Geology and Astronomy
West Chester University
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