Science Academy: “The Periodic Table”

Highland Road Park Observatory

Oxygen and carbon, silicon and uranium, neon and helium, silver and gold. Cadets will travel the rows and columns that describe the building blocks of everything! To register, go to ...

Plus Night: “The Mystery Box”

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 ...

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

Tonight's lecture, "Available Energies", has been postponed until August. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at ...

Science Academy: “Solar Maximum I”

Highland Road Park Observatory

May and June of 2024 will see probably the great levels of sunspots, plage, flares and prominences for the next eight to fourteen years! Cadets will learn about Solar Cycle ...

Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 56° in Virgo. Please keep ...

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 ...

Solar Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

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 ...

STEM Expansion: “Aerospace Engineering I”

Highland Road Park Observatory

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 giveaways ...

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 ...

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