July 2025

For years HRPO has been promoting the concept of birth stars! This presentation also will include the Star in Focus List that premieres this month!

The 20OGS will not be in operation tonight. Sunset, 8:06pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will ...

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 ...

CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN/BAD WEATHER   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 ...

Discovered by an American and considered an official planet from 1930 to 2006, Pluto holds a special place in space lore even for those who have never seen it in ...

The 20OGS will not be in operation. HRPO will close at least by 9:45pm. Sunset, 8:02pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this ...

Cancelled. HRPO will close at 12:15pm or if it rains. Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in four different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical ...

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 ...

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 25° in ...