12400 Burbank Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Overnight excitement as we witness one of nature's most spectacular events! While crossing from Leo into Sextans and then back into Leo, our Moon will enter Earth's shadows. There are ...
It’s not light. It’s not dark. It’s that special time called twilight and HRPO wants to introduce you to it! Are all sections of the sky the same shade of ...
In May 1961, the United States vowed to send human beings to the Moon before the onset of the 1970s. Project Gemini was the proving ground for the technology that ...
Cancelled. Sunset, 6:07pm CST. Twilight Ends, 7:28pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be below the ...
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 ...
20OGS viewing will take place from 7pm to 8:30pm. The great Constitutional Republic experiment has been going strong for 250 years. In addition to incalculable gifts in the areas of ...
Escaping Earth's gravity...buzzing the Moon...setting foot on the Moon...surviving a catastrophic failure of equipment...bringing back rocks and dust from another landscape. Cadets will relive history! [To register, go to www.brec.org, ...
Sunset 7:12pm CDT. Twilight Ends 8:32pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow roast, a sky ...
BREC Education Program Specialist Amy Northrop takes the audience on a fascinating tour of Baton Rouge’s upcoming spring season. She’ll highlight the gems that will sparkle throughout those three months--gems ...
Sunset, 7:15pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:36pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum ...
Under the surface of Mars...in the ocean of Europa...in the atmosphere of Titan. Cadets will gauge the probability of life elsewhere than Earth! [To register, go to www.brec.org, access the ...
Sunset, 7:16pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:37pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum ...
This presentation serves as a turning point in the future of HRPO. As we look at the amazing marks that HRPO and its personnel and volunteers have made in STEM, ...
Sunset, 7:20pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:41pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...
Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in four different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light, directly in calcium-K wavelength and directly hydrogen-alpha wavelength) will ...
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 ...
Sunset, 7:20pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 8:42pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...