August 2024
Aug 02
02 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

NOAA has an Excessive Heat Warning is place until 7pm. Print and electronic copies of photography from members of the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society will be displayed. The main focus ...

Aug 02
02 August 2024

The heat index will be in the "Extreme Caution" category. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be ...

Aug 03
03 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Priestley…Lavoisier…Ohm. These men unlocked the latest pieces of the grand puzzle known as the physical world. Cadets will find out how the pieces fit! To register, go to www.brec.org, access ...

Aug 03
03 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

HRPO will close by at least 9:30pm. The heat index will be in the “Extreme Caution” category at the start of the program. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more ...

Aug 09
09 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Arrive at HRPO for an overview of the different technologies in use for storing and directing energy for the human race.

Aug 09
09 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The heat index will be in the “Extreme Caution” category at the start of the program. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time ...

Aug 10
10 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The International Space Station is one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. From April 2003 to October 2003 Yuri Malenchenko and Ed Lu conducted experiments and did what ...

Aug 10
10 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The heat index will be in the “Extreme Caution” category during the program. Viewing will take place from 7:45pm to 9:45pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will ...

Aug 11
11 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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 ...

Aug 12
12 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The Light Pollution Committee is an education effort overseen by the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society. The public is invited. The LPC teaches people what light pollution is, what the different ...

Aug 13
13 August 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 ...

Aug 14
14 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The Red Planet and the King of the Gas Giants will be placed in the sky less than a half-degree apart! Tight planet-planet conjunctions are not very common. We encourage ...

Aug 16
16 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Concerned about recent cancellations and off-the-Earth performances of certain spacecraft? BREC Center Supervisor James DeOliveira will analyze the various situations NASA and commercial companies are navigating.

Aug 16
16 August 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 31° in Sagittarius. Please keep ...

Aug 17
17 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The heat index will be in the "Extreme Caution" category during the first hour of the program. Pad viewing will not begin until 7:30pm; dome viewing may not begin until ...

Aug 23
23 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The lecture "SOLWIND" is postponed until September. HRPO opens at 8:30pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will ...

Aug 24
24 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

NOAA predicted a higher-than-average season this year for cyclonic storms. Cadets will receive their own take-home tracking maps, investigate the geophysical processes that create these monsters and perform a couple ...

Aug 24
24 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. Twilight ends at 9:00pm. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights ...

Aug 30
30 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Please be aware that NOAA has issued a Flood Watch until 7pm tomorrow evening. Not only the numeral but the idea of representing "nothing" mathematically revolutionized technology and philosophy. Want ...

Aug 30
30 August 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

CANCELLED 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 ...

Aug 31
31 August 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 ...