For over four decades 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 ...
The temperature heats up as July's constellations settle high overhead early in the night. BREC Education Program Specialist Amy Northrop takes the audience on a fascinating tour of Baton Rouge's ...
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 ...
Commander Frank Culbertston with cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir Dezhurov left Earth in August 2001, staying in orbit for four months. Cadets will learn what the Expedition did, build on ...
Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, the latest news about asteroid Apophis, a marshmallow roast, a sky tour ...
They are not as self-sufficient as submarines but whether manned or robotic they provide a means to explore watery depths. This presentation will cover the history of the submersible, describe ...
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 27° in Leo. Please keep headlights off while ...
In the last of three never-to-repeat sessions, Cadets will investigate: warm fronts, cold fronts, air pressure and jet streams.
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. Protective clothing and sunscreen are ...
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 ...
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 44° in Virgo. Please keep headlights off while ...
The Baton Rouge Astronomical Society has won this year's hosting of the Astronomical League's prestigious astronomy conference ALCON. Since the 1930s ALCON has been the premiere annual event where professionals, ...
