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Solar Viewing
Solar Viewing
CANCELLED — NOAA has issued an Excessive Heat Warning lasting until 9pm. The NWS Heat Index Chart indicates "Danger" at this time. Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in ...
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July 2024
Calendar of Events
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The Edge of Night (summer session)
The Edge of Night (summer session)
CANCELLED — HRPO will close by at least 9pm. It’s not light, it’s not dark. It’s that special time called twilight and HRPO wants to introduce you to it! Are ...
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Science Academy: “Historic Experiments II”
Science Academy: “Historic Experiments II”
Von Guericke…Newton…Watt. These men unlocked the next pieces of the grand puzzle known as the physical world. Cadets will find out how the pieces fit! To register, go to www.brec.org, ...
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Evening Sky Viewing
Evening Sky Viewing
CANCELLED — HRPO will close by at least 9:30pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon at a maximum ...
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Light Pollution Committee Meeting
Light Pollution Committee Meeting
The Light Pollution Committee is an education effort overseen by the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society. The public is invited. The LPC teaches people what light pollution is, what the different ...
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Baton Rouge Astronomical Society Meeting
Baton Rouge Astronomical Society Meeting
For over four decades the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of planetary and deep-sky gazing, and factors to consider when buying a ...
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Friday Night Lecture Series: “Waiting for a Nova”
Friday Night Lecture Series: “Waiting for a Nova”
What violent process can cause a star to temporarily outshine its surroundings by factors of up to hundreds of thousands--if not millions--and survive, only to do it all over again ...
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Evening Sky Viewing
Evening Sky Viewing
Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon at a maximum altitude of 43° in Virgo. Please keep headlights off ...
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Science Academy: “Mercury”
Science Academy: “Mercury”
The closest planet to the Sun, the fastest to go around the Sun and the smallest official planet. They are all Mercury! In time for its upcoming evening elongation, Cadets ...
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Evening Sky Viewing
Evening Sky Viewing
Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the First Quarter Moon at a maximum altitude of 48° in Virgo. Please keep headlights off ...
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Friday Night Lecture Series: “Apollo 11 Fifty-Fifth Anniversary”
Friday Night Lecture Series: “Apollo 11 Fifty-Fifth Anniversary”
Tom Northrop (former BREC Center Supervisor) will present an extended highlighting of the trip that three men took--as the rest of the human species watched, waited, hoped and cheered. Assisted ...
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Evening Sky Viewing
Evening Sky Viewing
CANCELLED — HRPO will close by at least 9:45pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon at a maximum ...
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Science Academy: “A Natural Satellite to Visit”
Science Academy: “A Natural Satellite to Visit”
Earth is the closest planet to the Sun with a Moon. This body has inspired and informed art, religion and philosophy as well as science, Cadets will discuss the different ...
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Full Moon Party
Full Moon Party
NO VIEWING — HRPO will close by at least 10pm. Physical science demonstrations, hands-on activities. NOAA Forecast (Bad): precipitation potential 40%, sky cover 60%, relative humidity 87%, temperature 27C, heat ...
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Mercurian Elongation
Mercurian Elongation
CANCELLED — NOAA Forecast (Bad): precipitation potential 25%, sky cover 66%, relative humidity 96%, temperature 25C, heat index 26C, wind S 3 km/hr. Periodically, Mercury reaches its greatest angular separation ...
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Friday Night Lecture Series: “Our Birth Stars”
Friday Night Lecture Series: “Our Birth Stars”
A person's "birth star" is a star whose light has taken as long to reach Earth as he's been alive. Of course, birth stars change over the course of a ...
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Evening Sky Viewing
Evening Sky Viewing
CANCELLED — HRPO will close by at least 9:45pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be below ...
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Solar Viewing
Solar Viewing
If there is no rain, viewing will be attempted at least until 1pm. Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in three different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly ...
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STEM Expansion: “History of Electronics”
STEM Expansion: “History of Electronics”
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 ...
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Evening Sky Viewing
Evening Sky Viewing
20OGS CLOSED / PAD VIEWING ONLY — HRPO will close by at least 9:30pm Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Last ...