May 2025
May 03
03 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Due to NOAA's current forecast (as of 12pm) it is strongly recommended that the public not arrive until after 4pm on Saturday. The music artist has been cancelled. Solar viewing ...

May 09
09 May 2025
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 waxing gibbous Moon will be at a ...

May 10
10 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The International Space Station is one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. From October 2004 to April 2005, Leroy Chiao and Salizhan Sharipov conducted experiments and did what ...

May 10
10 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The 20OGS dome is undergoing repairs. Viewing will take place on the front pad. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing ...

May 12
12 May 2025
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, and factors to consider when buying a ...

May 14
14 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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 hydrogen-alpha wavelength and directly in calcium-K wavelength) ...

May 16
16 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

In March 1980, this volcano erupted for the first time in over 100 years, killing over fifty people and shocking the country. Education Program Specialist Amy Northrop recounts the amazing ...

May 16
16 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The 20OGS dome is undergoing repairs. Viewing will take place on the front pad. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning ...

May 17
17 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Cadets will discover the majestic objects that can be spied in a natural sky without any equipment. To register, go to www.brec.org, access the registration function and use Activity Number ...

May 17
17 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The 20OGS dome is undergoing repairs. Viewing will take place on the front pad. HRPO will close at 9:45pm. Sunset, 7:52pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 9:25pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through ...

May 23
23 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

HRPO will open at 6:15pm. The majority of this program's information and will take place (weather permitting) during the weekend's two Evening Sky Viewing sessions. Sunset, 7:56pm CDT. In a ...

May 23
23 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

This program is dependent upon the rain and thunder having left the HRPO area. Twilight Ends, 9:31pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During ...

May 24
24 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The Newtonian world exists before our eyes. With equipment, controls and goals--Cadets will a run a gauntlet of one-off demonstrations. To register, go to www.brec.org, access the registration function and ...

May 24
24 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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 and ...

May 27
27 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

For over eighty-five years the Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club has introduced the local area to the Amateur Radio Service and all its benefits. During this meeting officers and members ...

May 30
30 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Due to sporadic internet outages, tonight's lecture ("The Place Called Outer Space") is postponed until 11 July. Sunset, 8:00pm CDT Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take ...

May 31
31 May 2025
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 ...

May 31
31 May 2025
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The 20OGS dome is undergoing repairs. Viewing will take place on the front pad beginning at 8pm. Sunset, 8:01pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take ...