May 2023
May 30
30 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The BRARC will be congregating to discuss the upcoming ARRL Field Day in June. Stop by and get information on how to earn your own Amateur Radio Service license.

May 27
27 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the First Quarter Moon will at maximum altitude of 71° in Leo. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...

May 27
27 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Ion propulsion is already used for over 100 geosynchronous satellites. Will it one day send human beings to another planet? What about nuclear propulsion? Cadets will rank the most likely ...

May 26
26 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the First Quarter Moon will at maximum altitude of 64° in Leo. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...

May 26
26 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Everyday matter--galaxies, planets and our own bodies--are but a fraction of the mass of the Universe. The rest, labeled with the placeholder 'dark matter', is as mysterious as any classic ...

May 20
20 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will at maximum altitude of 20° in Taurus. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...

May 20
20 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

This program offers advanced topics, activity extensions and all-new games and demonstrations to older youth. Certificates are earned and archived as well as modern experiments take place. There are also ...

May 20
20 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun's image in three different manners--indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light and directly in hydrogen-alpha wavelength--will take place. Protective clothing and ...

May 19
19 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the New Moon will below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and leaving, and ...

May 19
19 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Using radar (one of over a dozen scientific instruments), this groundbreaker revealed Venus as no other human mission had.  

May 13
13 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

In addition to regular low- and medium- and high-magnification viewing through one or more telescopes, personnel will provide: physical science demonstrations; a sky tour; a marshmallow roast; assistance in finding any ...

May 13
13 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

From the Hero Engine through to the Saturn V, Cadets will survey the vast variety of machines made to propel forward and ultimately release us from the gravity well of ...

May 12
12 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...

May 12
12 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Like people, stars are born and experience death. There are several unique and special stars giving us a breathtaking array of targets for a night of viewing, and instilling a ...

May 08
08 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

For forty years BRAS has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of planetary and deep-sky gazing, the perils of light pollution and factors to consider when buying a ...

May 08
08 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Are you a local skygazer, homeowner, business owner, science teacher or stakeholder interested reclaiming a natural sky above HRPO and its surrounding while simultaneously saving money and energy, and making ...

May 06
06 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will at maximum altitude of 8° in Scorpius. Please keep headlights off while parking and ...

May 06
06 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

In the first of three never-to-repeat sessions, Cadets will investigate the volume of air, how temperature is related to direct sunlight, and how the wind affects a planet’s weather patterns.

May 05
05 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Full Moon will at maximum altitude of 20° in Libra. Please keep headlights off while parking ...

May 05
05 May 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Our constant companion and sole natural satellite is a night light, a source of outrageous stories (some true)—and for our generation, an ultimate goal for living and working. How did ...