July 2024
Jul 03
03 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

CANCELLED — NOAA has issued an Excessive Heat Warning lasting until 9pm. The NWS Heat Index Chart indicates "Danger" at this time. Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in ...

Jul 05
05 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

CANCELLED —  HRPO will close by at least 9pm. It’s not light, it’s not dark. It’s that special time called twilight and HRPO wants to introduce you to it! Are ...

Jul 06
06 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Von Guericke…Newton…Watt. These men unlocked the next pieces of the grand puzzle known as the physical world. Cadets will find out how the pieces fit! To register, go to www.brec.org, ...

Jul 06
06 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

CANCELLED —  HRPO will close by at least 9:30pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon at a maximum ...

Jul 08
08 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The Light Pollution Committee is an education effort overseen by the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society. The public is invited. The LPC teaches people what light pollution is, what the different ...

Jul 08
08 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

For over four decades the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of planetary and deep-sky gazing, and factors to consider when buying a ...

Jul 12
12 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

What violent process can cause a star to temporarily outshine its surroundings by factors of up to hundreds of thousands--if not millions--and survive, only to do it all over again ...

Jul 12
12 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon at a maximum altitude of 43° in Virgo. Please keep headlights off ...

Jul 13
13 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The closest planet to the Sun, the fastest to go around the Sun and the smallest official planet. They are all Mercury! In time for its upcoming evening elongation, Cadets ...

Jul 13
13 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the First Quarter Moon at a maximum altitude of 48° in Virgo. Please keep headlights off ...

Jul 19
19 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Tom Northrop (former BREC Center Supervisor) will present an extended highlighting of the trip that three men took--as the rest of the human species watched, waited, hoped and cheered. Assisted ...

Jul 19
19 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

CANCELLED —  HRPO will close by at least 9:45pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon at a maximum ...

Jul 20
20 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Earth is the closest planet to the Sun with a Moon. This body has inspired and informed art, religion and philosophy as well as science, Cadets will discuss the different ...

Jul 20
20 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

NO VIEWING —  HRPO will close by at least 10pm. Physical science demonstrations, hands-on activities. NOAA Forecast (Bad): precipitation potential 40%, sky cover 60%, relative humidity 87%, temperature 27C, heat ...

Jul 21
21 July 2024
Burbank Soccer Complex, 12400 Burbank Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

CANCELLED —  NOAA Forecast (Bad): precipitation potential 25%, sky cover 66%, relative humidity 96%, temperature 25C, heat index 26C, wind S 3 km/hr. Periodically, Mercury reaches its greatest angular separation ...

Jul 26
26 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

A person's "birth star" is a star whose light has taken as long to reach Earth as he's been alive. Of course, birth stars change over the course of a ...

Jul 26
26 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

CANCELLED —  HRPO will close by at least 9:45pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be below ...

Jul 27
27 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

If there is no rain, viewing will be attempted at least until 1pm. Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in three different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly ...

Jul 27
27 July 2024
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 giveaways ...

Jul 27
27 July 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

20OGS CLOSED / PAD VIEWING ONLY —  HRPO will close by at least 9:30pm Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Last ...