September 2023
Sep 30
30 September 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 at a maximum altitude of 27° in Aries. Please keep headlights off while ...

Sep 30
30 September 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The last of this three-session series has Cadets focus on how the motion of water can be a source of back-up power.

Sep 29
29 September 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 at a maximum altitude of 34° in Pisces. Please keep headlights off while ...

Sep 29
29 September 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

No other year of our lives has seen such a social shift in awareness regarding the day-to-day effect government and private use of AI has on the existence of the ...

Sep 24
24 September 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

It's been quite a while since HRPO has arranged a NASA party. This one is going to be one of the most memorable. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is visiting Earth only ...

Sep 23
23 September 2023
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 31° in Sagittarius. Please keep headlights off while ...

Sep 23
23 September 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 ...

Sep 23
23 September 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. During this time the Sun ...

Sep 22
22 September 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the First Quarter Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 28° in Sagittarius. Please keep headlights off while ...

Sep 22
22 September 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Since 1958 defunct satellites, rocket bodies, active payloads and space stations have peppered the views of those with little to no light pollution and/or magnification devices. How can you see ...

Sep 18
18 September 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Neptune is exactly 180 degrees from the Sun, rising as the Sun is setting. We are now the closest we’ll be to Neptune this year! Weather permitting, viewing of Neptune ...

Sep 16
16 September 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The second of this three-session series has Cadets focus on how the movement of wind can be transformed into energy for families and businesses!

Sep 15
15 September 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

NOTE: Due to unavailability of the speaker, tonight's planned lecture ("STEREO Shows the Sun") will be rescheduled in December or January. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During ...

Sep 11
11 September 2023
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 ...

Sep 11
11 September 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 ...

Sep 09
09 September 2023
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 small ...

Sep 09
09 September 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The first of this three-session series has Cadets focus on how solar radiation may be a reliable source of renewable energy with the right technology and preparation!

Sep 08
08 September 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. Drive slowly!

Sep 08
08 September 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The series concludes with Pink See-Through Fantasia--Billy, Paula, Lynn, Greg and Garrin. This will be, in Billy Callaway's words, "dreamy, atmospheric, echoey and ambient using four guitars, drums and loads ...

Sep 02
02 September 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 at a maximum altitude of 7° in Pisces. Please keep headlights off while ...

Sep 02
02 September 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

This one-time-only session is actually two one-hour treats! First, the upcoming OSIRIS-REx capsule return to Earth will be discussed. Second, the power of stars will be revealed as we marvel ...

Sep 01
01 September 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 at a maximum altitude of 14° in Cetus. Please keep headlights off while ...

Sep 01
01 September 2023
Highland Road Park Observatory,

LSU doctoral students and visiting artists perform new works involving round objects, hacked electronics, video game music and new ways of playing old instruments. Visual projections will be part of ...