Science Academy: “Calendars and Timekeepers”

Highland Road Park Observatory

Years, months and days. We can’t turn back time but we can mark it. Cadets will learn how we’ve been doing it all throughout the...time periods. 

Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

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 while parking and ...

Light Pollution Committee

Highland Road Park Observatory

BRAS’ open house is for all skygazers, taxpayers, homeowners, business owners, teachers and other stakeholders in a natural-contrast night sky.

Baton Rouge Astronomical Society Meeting

Highland Road Park Observatory

For forty years BRAS has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of planetary and deep-sky gazing, the perils of light pollution and factors to consider when buying a ...

Space Exploration Camp (day one)

Highland Road Park Observatory

Camp activities include circuit board construction, and construction and launch of two chemical rockets. These two-day Camps occur during East Baton Rouge Parish's public Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks. For ...

Mercurian Elongation

Burbank Soccer Complex 12400 Burbank Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The first of the 2023 attempts to see the fastest and most elusive planet of our Solar System will take place around the corner from HRPO due to the required ...

Space Exploration Camp (day two)

Highland Road Park Observatory

Camp activities include circuit board construction, and construction and launch of two chemical rockets. These two-day Camps occur during East Baton Rouge Parish's public Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks. For ...

Friday Night Lecture Series: “Wonders of the Winter Sky”

Highland Road Park Observatory

The temperature is mild as April’s constellations settle high overhead early in the night. HRPO Education Curator Amy Northrop takes the audience on a fascinating tour of Baton Rouge's spring ...

Evening Sky Viewing

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 ...

Science Academy: “Expedition 2”

Highland Road Park Observatory

This mission lasted from March to August 2001. The crew members were Commander Uruy Usachev with Susan Helms and James Voss. Cadets will learn of the mission's goals and sample ...

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 leaving, and drive slowly!

Skygazing: A Pursuer’s Guide

Highland Road Park Observatory

This special early lecture aimed toward students and families introduces the science hobby and outlines how print and online resources, and HRPO and BRAS, can support a lifetime of intellectual ...

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