Experimental Music Series I

Highland Road Park Observatory

LSU doctoral students and visiting artists perform new works involving round objects, hacked electronics, video game music and new ways of playing old instruments. Visual projections will be part of ...

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 at a maximum altitude of 14° in Cetus. Please keep headlights off while ...

Science Academy: “Asteroids and Atomic Fusion”

Highland Road Park Observatory

This one-time-only session is actually two one-hour treats! First, the upcoming OSIRIS-REx capsule return to Earth will be discussed. Second, the power of stars will be revealed as we marvel ...

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 at a maximum altitude of 7° in Pisces. Please keep headlights off while ...

Experimental Music Series II

Highland Road Park Observatory

The series concludes with Pink See-Through Fantasia--Billy, Paula, Lynn, Greg and Garrin. This will be, in Billy Callaway's words, "dreamy, atmospheric, echoey and ambient using four guitars, drums and loads ...

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 leaving. Drive slowly!

Science Academy: “Power in the House I”

Highland Road Park Observatory

The first of this three-session series has Cadets focus on how solar radiation may be a reliable source of renewable energy with the right technology and preparation!

Plus Night: “Ice Giants and Comets”

Highland Road Park Observatory

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow roast, a sky tour and a game for kids to earn small ...

Light Pollution Committee Meeting

Highland Road Park Observatory

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 ...

Baton Rouge Astronomical Society Meeting

Highland Road Park Observatory

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 ...

Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

NOTE: Due to unavailability of the speaker, tonight's planned lecture ("STEREO Shows the Sun") will be rescheduled in December or January. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During ...

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