• Friday Night Lecture Series: “Planet X”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Ten years ago Caltech astronomers released evidence for an object larger than Earth--past Neptune in the outer solar system. If it exists, this planet could take thousands of years to ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 5:33pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:57pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum ...

  • Science Academy: “Calendars and Timekeepers”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Almost always based on division of an Earth year and/or a lunar cycle, calendars mark the passages and anticipations of important events of our lives: births, graduations, marriages, deaths---comet apparitions, ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 5:34pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:58pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum ...