November 2024
Nov 01
01 November 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

POSTPONED As we approach the midpoint of 2024's Autumn, this once-only discussion will outline the many different ways the upcoming four to five years will see incredible growth locally and ...

Nov 01
01 November 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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

Nov 02
02 November 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

From blimps and dirigibles to smaller versions at birthday parties--lighter-than-air craft has brought joy and interest in flight, as well as provided practical means of transportation and of offense/defense in ...

Nov 02
02 November 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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

Nov 08
08 November 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Due to weather conditions, the exercises for this event will be incorporated into the Natural Sky Conference on 22 November. HRPO will close tonight at 6:15pm. it's not light. It's ...

Nov 09
09 November 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The ice giants can be spotted from Earth with little difficulty--Uranus with a binocular, Neptune with a telescope. Their unique color and lack of "twinkle" distinguish them from the stars. ...

Nov 09
09 November 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

CANCELLED Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 43° in Aquarius. Please ...

Nov 11
11 November 2024
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. During ...

Nov 11
11 November 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 ...

Nov 11
11 November 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 ...

Nov 15
15 November 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The Apollo anniversary overall has been quite fun...and also introspective. Tom Northrop will be opening one of the older history books at HRPO to discuss the flight of Charles Conrad, ...

Nov 15
15 November 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Full Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 62° in Taurus. Please keep headlights ...

Nov 16
16 November 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Pure water is odorless and tasteless, while water in general is ubiquitous throughout planet Earth! As the Europa Clipper has begun its journey to a faraway icy moon to search ...

Nov 16
16 November 2024
Burbank Soccer Complex, 12400 Burbank Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Periodically, Mercury reaches its greatest angular separation in the sky (elongation) from the Sun. This is the safest way for amateurs to view Mercury. Come join us at the Burbank ...

Nov 16
16 November 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

As the firepit is under construction for upgrading, there will be no marshmallow roast. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical ...

Nov 22
22 November 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Quite possibly the most important four hours a stakeholder will spend at HRPO this year will be the networking gathering allowing the facility's parents, BRAS members and LSU astronomy students ...

Nov 23
23 November 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

It spins completely around in fewer than ten Earth hours. It is the "vacuum cleaner" of the Solar System, pulling in asteroids and meteoroids very often before those objects can ...

Nov 23
23 November 2024
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 ...

Nov 30
30 November 2024
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. During ...

Nov 30
30 November 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 ...

Nov 30
30 November 2024
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 ...