• Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 5:07pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:34pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be below the horizon. ...

  • 2026 Preview Party

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    NOAA has issued a Dense Fog Advisory from 10pm to 10am. The last open Friday of December is devoted to premiering much of the 2026 schedule (lectures, camps, celestial events, ...

  • Solar Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in four different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light, directly in calcium-K wavelength and directly hydrogen-alpha wavelength) will ...

  • STEM Expansion: “Archaeology”

    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

    Sunset, 5:11pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:38pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the First Quarter Moon will be at a maximum ...