October 2024

This robotic spacecraft was built to conduct the first detailed investigations of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. The Europa Clipper will (in 2030) orbit Jupiter and make over forty flybys to ...

Come visit on this moonlit night--if you dare--as HRPO delves into the eerie side of astronomy, physics and aeronautics. We'll have creepy science demonstrations, some of which have never been ...

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 ...

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 ...

HRPO opens for the closest Supermoon in every calendar year that has one. The thrill comes from a combination of that actual closeness and the illusion that makes a Full ...

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 ...

For sixty-six years mankind has ventured into the upper reaches of our atmosphere and beyond. This program will combine the best of NASA with the triumphs here at HRPO. Displays, ...

The International Space Station is one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. From October 2003 to April 2004 Michael Foale and Alexander Kaleri conducted experiments and did what ...

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 21° in Taurus. Please keep ...

BRAS member (and asteroid discoverer) Merrill Hess heads this personnel-driven overview of this year's economic landscape for binoculars, telescopes, flashlights, eyepieces and filters.

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 ...