• Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    NOTE: The lecture originally scheduled to take place before this viewing session ("The Visible Passes") has been postponed until 22 September. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During ...

  • Science Academy: “Saturn”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Saturn is the namesake of Saturday, and this Saturday Cadets will learn about this mostly hydrogen-and-helium ball. Its eighty-plus moons; the legacies of Voyager and Cassini; and the planet's potential ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    NOTE: As the heat index is in NOAA's "Danger" category until 9pm, this event is cancelled. HRPO personnel will be offering public viewing on Wednesday the 9th at the Burbank ...

  • Mercurian Elongation

    Burbank Soccer Complex 12400 Burbank Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    Periodically Mercury reaches its greatest angular separation in the sky (elongation) from the Sun. This is the safest way to view Mercury by amateurs. Come join us at the Burbank ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    NOTE: HRPO's main floor AC unit has a broken component.  The lecture originally scheduled to take place before this viewing session ("STEREO Shows the Sun") has been postponed until 15 ...

  • Science Academy: “Uranus and Neptune”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Close-up imagery of the "ice giants" were acquired via the Voyager spacecraft. Cadets will understand how the visits to the most-titled planet and the windiest planet in the Solar System ...