• Friday Night Lecture Series: “Wonders of the Summer Sky”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The temperature rises as summer's constellations settle high overhead early in the night. BREC Education Program Specialist Amy Northrop takes the audience on a fascinating tour of Baton Rouge's upcoming ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    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 13° in Gemini. Please keep ...

  • Science Academy: “Solar Maximum II”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The twenty-four months 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 25; sketch ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    NOAA Air Quality Alert (until 12am CDT) Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum ...

  • 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 ...

  • The Daylight Detour

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    NOAA Air Quality Alert (until 12am CDT) Whether it's taking advantage of a prorated BRAS membership; getting the status of all current NASA, LSU and BREC plans; obtaining the latest ...

  • Science Academy: “Historic Experiments I”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Archimedes...Galileo...Torricelli. These men unlocked the first 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, access ...

  • American Radio Relay League Field Day

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    One section of the electromagnetic spectrum gets all the love, as tens of thousands of "hams" ascend to the radio waves with "phone" (voice) and CW (Morse) in this exciting ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    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 ...

  • STEM Expansion: “Living in Space”

    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

    TRUNCATED — HRPO will close by at least 9:30pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below ...