January 2024
Jan 05
05 January 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

FOGGY CONDITIONS AT HRPO. LECTURE ("2023--The Space Year in Review") POSTPONED UNTIL 12 JANUARY. VIEWING ATTEMPT CANCELLED. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning ...

Jan 06
06 January 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Every Cadet needs one. In this session each registrant will receive a folder will upcoming celestial dates, a planisphere and other incredible contents.  To register, go to www.brec.org, access the ...

Jan 06
06 January 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

This class is a hands-on introduction to the operations of your personal binocular. We'll even take it outside for some practice. Also included will be an overview of major sky ...

Jan 06
06 January 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 leaving. Drive slowly!

Jan 09
09 January 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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 ...

Jan 09
09 January 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, the perils of light pollution and factors ...

Jan 12
12 January 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Tradition continues, with HRPO's cornerstone program returning for another calendar year with a look back at the discoveries, advances and celestial events of 2023.

Jan 12
12 January 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 ...

Jan 13
13 January 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The crust of the Earth is a set of jigsaw pieces slowly moving on the viscous material underneath. Cadets will study this impressive theory and understand what it can do ...

Jan 13
13 January 2024
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 earn ...

Jan 19
19 January 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

BREC Center Supervisor James DeOliveira presents the current missions preceding Artemis II and Artemis III--cargo drops, national rivalries and future plans for the landscape of the Moon!

Jan 19
19 January 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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 81° in Aries. Please keep ...

Jan 20
20 January 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Commander Valery Korzun with astronaut Peggy Whitson and cosmonaut Sergei Treschev left Earth in June 2002, staying in orbit for six months. Cadets will learn what the Expedition did, build ...

Jan 20
20 January 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

This class is a hands-on introduction to the operations of your personal telescope. We'll even take it outside for some practice with the waxing gibbous Moon. Also included will be ...

Jan 20
20 January 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Please remember HRPO does not operate in below-temperature conditions. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at ...

Jan 26
26 January 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

An average of once every eleven years, our parent star increases in visual brilliance (spots, flares, plage) and increases as a threat to satellite, radio, entertainment and military technology.

Jan 26
26 January 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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 41° in Leo. Please keep ...

Jan 27
27 January 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 this ...

Jan 27
27 January 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 ...

Jan 27
27 January 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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 30° in Leo. Please keep ...