Astronomy Reference Guide  

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Welcome to the Astronomy LibGuide!

• Rodgers Library (General Guide)
• Rodgers Library Web site

NASA scientists are "hunting" for habitable planets in the Milky Way, using a powerful new telescope.  Check out the Kepler Project. 

Rodgers Library Hours.

Open 24/5 during the academic year.

Open 24/7 during Study Week and Final Exams Week.

Hours vary during holidays, breaks, and summer.

Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish astronomer and mathematician, developed the heliocentric theory of the solar system, that the earth is in daily motion about its axis and in yearly motion around a stationary sun. This idea profoundly affected later views of the universe.

Library staff can can help you use our services and collections.  Please e-mail us with your question or use our special online Ask-A-Llibrarian help form.  Feel free to call us as well.

E-Mail your question to:  scenglib@bama.ua.edu

You may also use our Ask-A-Librarian form.

Or call:

Circulation..........205-348-2101

Reference...........205-348-2121

Instruction..........205-348-2110

E-reserves..........205-348-2126

Interlibrary Loan...205-348-3417

Rodgers Library Administration:

205-348-2111

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The Planetary Habitability Laboratory (PHL) is a "research and educational virtual laboratory dedicated to studies of the habitability of Earth, the Solar System, and extrasolar planets."  Features an extensive catalog of habitable exoplants.