October 2023

Donn Eisele, Wally Schirra and Walter Cunningham demonstrated the ability of the command and service module—paving the way for our trips to the Moon that eventually led to the landings. ...

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Last Quarter Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and leaving. Drive slowly!

It’s the month of the Spooky Spectrum! Cadets will preview some of that event’s concepts, experiencing creepy legends and tales from the annals of space exploration.

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. Drive slowly!

Are you a local skygazer, homeowner, business owner, science teacher or stakeholder interested reclaiming a natural sky above HRPO and its surrounding while simultaneously saving money and energy, and making ...

For over four decades the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of planetary and deep-sky gazing, the perils of light pollution and factors to ...

BREC Education Curator Amy Northrop will take the audience on a fascinating tour of Baton Rouge’s autumn season. She’ll highlight the celestial gems that will sparkle throughout the next three ...

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. Drive slowly!

Although annular in some other parts of the globe, our region will experience a partial solar eclipse. Baton Rougeans who are (safely!) viewing the Sun will notice contact with the ...

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the New Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and leaving. Drive slowly!

We’re getting close to Halloween…this lecture slot will be used to highlight a smorgasbord of unsettling stories, images and theories—for our adult audience!

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 22° in Sagittarius. Please keep headlights off while ...

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. During this ...

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 ...

Come visit on this Full Moon night (if you dare) as HRPO delves into the eerie side of astronomy, physics and aeronautics. As we've done for over fifteen years, we'll ...