February 2026
Feb 06
06 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The Artemis II launch has been delayed until at least March. HRPO will still be open for viewing. The 20OGS will be in operation from 8:30pm to 10pm. This test ...

Feb 07
07 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The International Space Station is one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. From March 2006 to September 2006, Pavel Vinogradov, Jeff Williams and Thomas Reiter conducted experiments and ...

Feb 07
07 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Sunset, 5:46pm CST. Twilight Ends, 7:08pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be below the horizon. ...

Feb 09
09 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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

Feb 13
13 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Tradition continues with HRPO's cornerstone program looking back at the discoveries, advances and celestial events of the previous year.

Feb 13
13 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

HRPO will atttempt sky viewing until at least 9:15pm. Sunset, 5:51pm CST. Twilight Ends, 7:13pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time ...

Feb 14
14 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shephard, Deke Slayton. These mens' names have passed into history and into legend. Many Cadets know why; now the ...

Feb 14
14 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Sunset: 5:51pm CST. Twilight Ends: 7:13pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow roast, a sky ...

Feb 19
19 February 2026
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 ...

Feb 20
20 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The great Constitutional Republic experiment has been going strong for 250 years. In addition to incalculable gifts in the areas of human rights and the arts, the United States education ...

Feb 21
21 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Ring, ring! Cadets will learn the origins of the society-changing and versatile telephone. [To register, go to www.brec.org, access the registration function and use Activity Number 431320.

Feb 21
21 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Sunset, 5:57pm CST. Twilight Ends, 7:18pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum ...

Feb 27
27 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Although many learned personages had truly crummy predictions regarding the invention's future in society, the telephone revolutionized the possibilities of long-distance communication.

Feb 27
27 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Sunset, 5:57pm CST. Twilight Ends, 7:18pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...

Feb 28
28 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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 calcium-K wavelength and directly hydrogen-alpha wavelength) will ...

Feb 28
28 February 2026
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 ...

Feb 28
28 February 2026
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Sunset, 6:02pm CST. Twilight Ends, 7:23pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...