Cancelled. Sunset, 5:15pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:42pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Full Moon will be at a maximum ...
In preparation for the opposition, Cadets will learn Jupiter's main characteristics and important past mission visits--and the future investigation of Europa! To register, go to www.brec.org, access the registration function ...
Sunset, 5:16pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:42pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...
Cancelled. NOAA has issued a Flood Watch until 9am. Jupiter is about 180 degrees from the Sun, rising in Gemini as the Sun sets in Sagittarius. On this night we ...
The astronomical unit. The light-year. The parsec. The Universe gives new meaning to the word "vast", and Cadets will have a workshop illustrating the ways we reconcile that enormous area ...
HRPO will remain open at least until 8:30pm. Sunset, 5:22pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:47pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the ...
For over four decades the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of planetary and deep-sky gazing, and factors to consider when buying a ...
Many game-changing moments have occurred since HRPO’s last focus on AI–some astonishing, some alarming. This brief update is for any who want the latest information.
Sunset, 5:27pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:52pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below the horizon. ...
The comparative investigation continues! A never-before-seen red-light constellation finder will be included in Cadets’ stations. To register, go to www.brec.org, access the registration function and use Activity Number 431320.
Sunset: 5:27pm CST. Twilight Ends: 6:52pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow roast, a sky ...
Ten years ago Caltech astronomers released evidence for an object larger than Earth--past Neptune in the outer solar system. If it exists, this planet could take thousands of years to ...
Cancelled. HRPO will close at 9pm. Sunset, 5:33pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:57pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent ...
Almost always based on division of an Earth year and/or a lunar cycle, calendars mark the passages and anticipations of important events of our lives: births, graduations, marriages, deaths---comet apparitions, ...
Cancelled. NOAA Flood Advisory in effect until 7pm Saturday. NOAA Cold Weather Advisory from 6pm Saturday to 6pm Sunday. NOAA Winter Storm Watch from midnight Sunday to 6pm Sunday. NOAA ...
It was the launch that had something to prove. Nearly a year after the near-disaster of Apollo Thirteen our country's first spaceman--Alan Shepard--returned to space, joined by Stuart Roosa and ...
Sunset, 5:39pm CST. Twilight Ends, 7:02pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...
NOAA's Extreme Cold Warning expires at 10am Sunday. Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in four different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light, directly ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Tradition continues with HRPO's cornerstone program looking back at the discoveries, advances and celestial events of the previous year.
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 ...