October 2024
Oct 04
04 October 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

It's Halloween season. This lecture slot will be used to highlight a smorgasbord of unsettling stories, images and theories--for our adult audience.

Oct 04
04 October 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

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

Oct 05
05 October 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

It's the Saturday before the Spooky Spectrum! Cadets will preview some of that event's concepts, experiencing creepy legends and tales from the annals of space exploration while delving into a ...

Oct 05
05 October 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

CANCELLED 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 7° in Libra. Please ...

Oct 12
12 October 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Come visit on this moonlit night--if you dare--as HRPO delves into the eerie side of astronomy, physics and aeronautics. We'll have creepy science demonstrations, some of which have never been ...

Oct 13
13 October 2024
Burbank Soccer Complex, 12400 Burbank Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Weather permitting, an attempt to view of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) will take place at the Burbank Soccer Complex. The device operators will be in the back of the Complex ...

Oct 14
14 October 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 ...

Oct 14
14 October 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, and factors to consider when buying a ...

Oct 16
16 October 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) may be visible early this evening. HRPO is opening its grounds at 6:30pm. Any interested parties should bring a binocular if possible. HRPO opens for the ...

Oct 17
17 October 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 ...

Oct 18
18 October 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) may be visible between 7:15pm and 8:15pm. Any interested parties should bring a binocular if possible. 20OGS viewing will not begin before 8pm. For sixty-six years ...

Oct 19
19 October 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

The International Space Station is one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. From October 2003 to April 2004 Michael Foale and Alexander Kaleri conducted experiments and did what ...

Oct 19
19 October 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) may be visible between 7:15pm and 8:30pm. Any interested parties should bring a binocular if possible. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take ...

Oct 25
25 October 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

BRAS member (and asteroid discoverer) Merrill Hess heads this personnel-driven overview of this year's economic landscape for binoculars, telescopes, flashlights, eyepieces and filters.

Oct 25
25 October 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) may be visible between 8:30pm and 9:15pm, but only on the viewing grounds. The comet will be too low for the upstairs telescope. Weather permitting, viewing ...

Oct 26
26 October 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 ...

Oct 26
26 October 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 ...

Oct 26
26 October 2024
Highland Road Park Observatory,

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) may be visible between 7:45pm and 8:15pm through the upstairs telescope. This is the last alert for viewing of Comet C/2023 A3. Weather permitting, viewing through ...