February 2024
Feb 02
02 February 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Our special module for teachers, parents and students has been renamed and moved from March--but the goal remains the same: get youth outside and looking at celestial marvels.

Feb 02
02 February 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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

Feb 03
03 February 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

This is the first of three sessions belong to Amy Northrop's volcano module! The other two will take place on 17 February and 2 March. Participation in this session is ...

Feb 03
03 February 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

NOAA FORECASTS A FIFTY-NINE PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN DURING THIS EVENT. THERE WILL BE NO VIEWING AND HRPO WILL BE CLOSED BY 8:30. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more ...

Feb 09
09 February 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The most famous pattern of stars in the sky, Orion can be seen by most civilizations, has numerous myths attached to him and is inherently a signpost to other celestial ...

Feb 09
09 February 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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

Feb 10
10 February 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The principles of heavier-than-air travel, the history (from the Wright Brothers to the X-planes) and even a little winter twist await any Cadets who enroll in this one-time standalone session! ...

Feb 10
10 February 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 at a maximum altitude of 30° in Leo. Please keep ...

Feb 12
12 February 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 ...

Feb 12
12 February 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 ...

Feb 14
14 February 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 ...

Feb 16
16 February 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The mission was revolutionary: place two spacecraft at different vantage points to record our parent star simultaneously. BREC Center Supervisor James DeOliveira shows the fascinating science that prepared us for ...

Feb 16
16 February 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 61° in Taurus. Please keep ...

Feb 17
17 February 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

This is the second of three sessions belong to Amy Northrop’s volcano module! The last will take place on 2 March. Participation in this session is not a prerequisite for ...

Feb 17
17 February 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 ...

Feb 23
23 February 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The longest waves in the electromagnetic spectrum are used for entertainment and emergencies. One-way radio informs while two-or-more radio keeps us connected with others near and far. From early shipping ...

Feb 23
23 February 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Full Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 56° in Leo. Please keep headlights ...

Feb 24
24 February 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 ...

Feb 24
24 February 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 ...

Feb 24
24 February 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 34° in Virgo. Please keep ...