• The Edge of Night

    Burbank Soccer Complex 12400 Burbank Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    Personnel will attempt viewing at the Burbank Soccer Complex for at least forty-five minutes. It’s not light. It’s not dark. It’s that special time called twilight and HRPO wants to ...

  • Science Academy: “Meteor Showers”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Only in natural or near-natural skies can one see the dimmest streaks of a shower. Cadets will learn how showers originate and how to perpetuate for years the awesome scenic ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 8:10pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 37° in ...

  • 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 ...