June 2024
Jun 01
01 June 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Radioactivity is very often confused for radiation, and vice-versa. Cadets will learn how to never again be at a loss for understanding! To register, go to www.brec.org, access the registration ...

Jun 01
01 June 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

CANCELLED --- HRPO will close by at least 9pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below ...

Jun 06
06 June 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 ...

Jun 07
07 June 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The temperature rises as summer'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 upcoming ...

Jun 07
07 June 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 13° in Gemini. Please keep ...

Jun 08
08 June 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The twenty-four months will see probably the great levels of sunspots, plage, flares and prominences for the next eight to fourteen years! Cadets will learn about Solar Cycle 25; sketch ...

Jun 08
08 June 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

NOAA Air Quality Alert (until 12am CDT) Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum ...

Jun 10
10 June 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 ...

Jun 10
10 June 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 ...

Jun 14
14 June 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

NOAA Air Quality Alert (until 12am CDT) Whether it's taking advantage of a prorated BRAS membership; getting the status of all current NASA, LSU and BREC plans; obtaining the latest ...

Jun 15
15 June 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Archimedes...Galileo...Torricelli. These men unlocked the first 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 ...

Jun 22
22 June 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

One section of the electromagnetic spectrum gets all the love, as tens of thousands of "hams" ascend to the radio waves with "phone" (voice) and CW (Morse) in this exciting ...

Jun 28
28 June 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 ...

Jun 29
29 June 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 ...

Jun 29
29 June 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

TRUNCATED — HRPO will close by at least 9:30pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below ...