HRPO closes for the closest Supermoon in every calendar year that has one. The thrill comes from a combination of that actual closeness and the illusion that makes a Full ...
Saturn is exactly 180 degrees from the Sun, rising as the Sun is setting. We are now the closest we'll be to Saturn this year! Weather permitting, viewing of Saturn ...
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 ...
NOTE: NOAA has forecast an Excessive Heat Warning for the HRPO area beginning at 10am CDT tomorrow. The heat index is predicted to be in the Danger category. If this ...
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 31° in Ophiuchus. Please keep headlights off while ...
Some believe it to be the largest Earth volcano eruption ever. Killing tens of thousands and changing the local landscape, the event will be outlined by BREC Education Program Specialist ...
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 earn ...
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 8° in Virgo. Please keep headlights off while ...
NASA, JAXA and ESA are collaborating on the soon-to-launch XRISM mission that will investigate the x-ray Universe like never before. The instruments have been tested. The mirror quadrants have been ...
For over four decades 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Close-up imagery of the "ice giants" were acquired via the Voyager spacecraft. Cadets will understand how the visits to the most-titled planet and the windiest planet in the Solar System ...
NOTE: HRPO's main floor AC unit has a broken component. The lecture originally scheduled to take place before this viewing session ("STEREO Shows the Sun") has been postponed until 15 ...
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Periodically Mercury reaches its greatest angular separation in the sky (elongation) from the Sun. This is the safest way to view Mercury by amateurs. Come join us at the Burbank ...
NOTE: As the heat index is in NOAA's "Danger" category until 9pm, this event is cancelled. HRPO personnel will be offering public viewing on Wednesday the 9th at the Burbank ...
Saturn is the namesake of Saturday, and this Saturday Cadets will learn about this mostly hydrogen-and-helium ball. Its eighty-plus moons; the legacies of Voyager and Cassini; and the planet's potential ...
NOTE: The lecture originally scheduled to take place before this viewing session ("The Visible Passes") has been postponed until 22 September. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During ...