September 2024

NASA has issued a Flood Watch, in effect until tomorrow at 7:00am. The oft-forgotten instrument aboard the now-defunct P78-1 satellite discovered a comet in 1979--a discovery which presaged the numerous ...

CANCELLED. HRPO will close by at least 8:45pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a ...

From the abacus to the difference engine, mechanical concepts that verged on reaching computer status came on the scene centuries ago. In this first in a series of three sessions, ...

Saturn is exactly 180 degrees from the Sun, rising as the Sun is setting. On this night, we are now the closest we'll be to Saturn this year! Weather permitting, ...

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's parking lot should be negotiated carefully after the storm. Some parking spaces are unavailable. The speed limit is 10mph. BREC Education Program Specialist Amy Northrop will take the audience ...