July 2023
Jul 28
28 July 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The Baton Rouge Astronomical Society has won this year's hosting of the Astronomical League's prestigious astronomy conference ALCON. Since the 1930s ALCON has been the premiere annual event where professionals, ...

Jul 22
22 July 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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 44° in Virgo. Please keep headlights off while ...

Jul 22
22 July 2023
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 ...

Jul 22
22 July 2023
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. Protective clothing and sunscreen are ...

Jul 22
22 July 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

In the last of three never-to-repeat sessions, Cadets will investigate: warm fronts, cold fronts, air pressure and jet streams.

Jul 21
21 July 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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 27° in Leo. Please keep headlights off while ...

Jul 21
21 July 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

They are not as self-sufficient as submarines but whether manned or robotic they provide a means to explore watery depths. This presentation will cover the history of the submersible, describe ...

Jul 15
15 July 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, the latest news about asteroid Apophis, a marshmallow roast, a sky tour ...

Jul 15
15 July 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Commander Frank Culbertston with cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir Dezhurov left Earth in August 2001, staying in orbit for four months. Cadets will learn what the Expedition did, build on ...

Jul 14
14 July 2023
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, and drive ...

Jul 14
14 July 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The temperature heats up as July's constellations settle high overhead early in the night. BREC Education Program Specialist Amy Northrop takes the audience on a fascinating tour of Baton Rouge's ...

Jul 10
10 July 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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 ...

Jul 10
10 July 2023
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 ...

Jul 08
08 July 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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

Jul 08
08 July 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Within the next fifty years a supreme change in perspective will accompany our view of the Red Planet. Semi-permanent occupation of the Moon is but a stepping stone to Earthlings ...

Jul 07
07 July 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

It's not light. It's not dark. It's that special time called "twilight" and HRPO wants to introduce you to it! Are all sections of the sky the same shade of ...

Jul 01
01 July 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. The 20OGS will not be used. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at maximum altitude of 27° ...

Jul 01
01 July 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Artemis is heading toward success. Our Moon is the natural first selection for human work, recreation and civilization off the Earth. The first commercial cargo transport experiments are underway right ...