July 2024

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...