August 2025
Aug 01
01 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Postponed until September. HRPO will close at least by 8pm. This one-time-only open house will showcase those non-electronic tabletop challenges that incorporate an astronomy or STEM theme! NOAA Forecast (Bad): ...

Aug 02
02 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

This relatively new category is fraught with frustration and awe. Cadets will explore the lesser-known objects in the far reaches of our Galaxy! To register, go to www.brec.org, access the ...

Aug 02
02 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The 20OGS will not be in operation. HRPO will close by at least 9:30pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing ...

Aug 08
08 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The two brightest stars in the night sky cannot both be seen if your location is too far north on the North American continent. Baton Rougeans know them as a ...

Aug 08
08 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Sunset, 7:52pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Full Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 23° in Capricornus. ...

Aug 09
09 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The International Space Station is one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. From April 2005 to October 2005, Sergei Krikalev and John Phillips conducted experiments and did what ...

Aug 09
09 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Sunset, 7:51pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 18° in ...

Aug 11
11 August 2025
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 ...

Aug 12
12 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The Perseids are one of the major meteor showers of the year, caused by debris left from the passings of Comet Swift-Tuttle. Come learn about meteors and let’s see if ...

Aug 13
13 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Solar Viewing will end at 1:15pm. Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in four different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light, directly in hydrogen-alpha ...

Aug 15
15 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

We are all following the progress of the James Webb, Kepler, Psyche and of course Artemis. What delays are coming, and why? Which ones are on schedule? Center Supervisor James ...

Aug 15
15 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Sunset, 7:45pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Last Quarter Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off ...

Aug 16
16 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

In a session unlike any that Cadets have seen, the ultimate questions of the Earth, the Milky Way and the Universe are confronted. On this particular occasion, the session may ...

Aug 16
16 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow roast, a sky tour and a game for kids to ...

Aug 22
22 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Fifty years ago these machines departed Earth with a singular goal: to once and for all describe the basic sea level environment of Mars. The 1970s were a sensation of ...

Aug 22
22 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Sunset, 7:38pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the New Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while ...

Aug 23
23 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

There's a reason the first "A" in NASA stands for "aeronautic". Stories, songs and poems have archived our personal experience. Aircraft have transformed the way Cadets vacation and the way ...

Aug 23
23 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Sunset, 7:37pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 6° in ...

Aug 29
29 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

HRPO will close by at least 8:15pm. HRPO is pleased to present a wealth of materials from the late Thomas R. Detman With intriguing insights into the professional world of ...

Aug 29
29 August 2025
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 at a maximum altitude of 19° in Libra. Please ...

Aug 30
30 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Cancelled. HRPO will close at 1pm. Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in four different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light, directly in hydrogen-alpha ...

Aug 30
30 August 2025
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 ...

Aug 30
30 August 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Rain. HRPO closed at 8pm. Sunset, 7:28pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the First Quarter Moon will be at a ...