Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

Sunset, 8:08pm CDT. 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 8° in ...

Science Academy: “Solar Maximum III”

Highland Road Park Observatory

Between July and December the last great span of Solar Cycle 25 will present itself--awesome sunspot clusters, plage strewn across the Sun's surface, intense flares, massive prominences and nailbiting geomagnetic ...

Plus Night: “Demonstration Overload”

Highland Road Park Observatory

Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow roast, a sky tour and a game for kids to ...

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 ...

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 hydrogen-alpha wavelength and directly in calcium-K wavelength) ...

Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

Sunset, 8:06pm CDT. 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 ...

Science Academy: “Asteroids and Comets”

Highland Road Park Observatory

Planets get the majority of the attention, but the smaller bodies can create a lifelong memory with a close pass (asteroid) or a bright showing (comet). Cadets will learn what ...

Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

Sunset, 8:05pm CDT. 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 ...

Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

Sunset, 8:02pm CDT. 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 5° in ...

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