• Light Pollution Committee Meeting

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    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 ...

  • 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, and factors to consider when buying a ...

  • Supermoon Rising!

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) may be visible early this evening. HRPO is opening its grounds at 6:30pm. Any interested parties should bring a binocular if possible. HRPO opens for the ...

  • 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 ...

  • Outer Space Retro Night

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) may be visible between 7:15pm and 8:15pm. Any interested parties should bring a binocular if possible. 20OGS viewing will not begin before 8pm. For sixty-six years ...

  • Science Academy: ISS Expedition 8″

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    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 ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) may be visible between 7:15pm and 8:30pm. Any interested parties should bring a binocular if possible. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take ...

  • Friday Night Lecture Series: “Buying Skygazing Equipment”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    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.

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) may be visible between 8:30pm and 9:15pm, but only on the viewing grounds. The comet will be too low for the upstairs telescope. Weather permitting, viewing ...

  • 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: “Spooky STEM”

    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

    Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) may be visible between 7:45pm and 8:15pm through the upstairs telescope. This is the last alert for viewing of Comet C/2023 A3. Weather permitting, viewing through ...