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 ...
(GUEST SPEAKER: R. Mishael Sedas of LIGO) It has been ten years since that breathtaking announcement by the LIGO facilities in Louisiana and Washington State. The confirmation of the existence ...
Sunset, 6:38pm CDT. Twilight Ends, 7:59pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be at a maximum ...
Cadets may believe that rocket technology has already been perfected. Yet engineers reveal more and more test results which may take the ability to lift human beings, satellites and cargo ...
Sunset, 6:37pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off ...
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) ...
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 ...
Sunset, 6:30pm CDT This tour starts at HRPO and ends at your home! Three annual Self-Guided Tours will occur (with the others to follow in early November next year, and ...
Sometimes a device, substance or way of doing something created specifically for an internal goverment job migrates into the lives of everyday citizens. Cadets may have experienced them in the ...
CANCELLED. Sunset, 6:29pm CDT. 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 ...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sunset, 6:25pm CDT A bright comet awaits! Weather permitting, viewing of Comet Lemmon will be attempted. Twilight Ends, 7:46pm CDT
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sunset, 6:24pm CDT A bright comet awaits! Weather permitting, viewing of Comet Lemmon will be attempted. Twilight Ends, 7:45pm CDT NOAA Forecast (Very Good): precipitation potential 0%, sky cover 34%, ...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sunset, 6:23pm CDT A bright comet awaits! Weather permitting, viewing of Comet Lemmon will be attempted. Twilight Ends, 7:45pm CDT NOAA Forecast (Good): precipitation potential 0%, sky cover 50%, relative ...
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) ...
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 ...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
CANCELLED Sunset, 6:22pm CDT A bright comet awaits! Weather permitting, viewing of Comet Lemmon will be attempted. Twilight Ends, 7:44pm CDT NOAA Forecast (Poor): precipitation potential 24%, sky cover 63%, ...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
NOAA has issued a Wind Advisory until 7pm. Periodically, Mercury reaches its greatest angular separation in the sky (elongation) from the Sun. This is the safest way for amateurs to ...
Sunset, 6:25pm CDT A space study institution open to the public on the creepiest evening of the year? What better time to invite old-timers and newcomers to this second try ...