June 2025

Sunset, 8:04pm CDT. The 20OGS dome is undergoing repairs. Viewing will take place on the front pad from 9pm to 10:15pm. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will ...

Cadets will discover the majestic objects that can be spied in a natural sky with only a binocular. To register, go to www.brec.org, access the registration function and use Activity ...

Sunset, 8:04pm 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 39° in ...

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 ...

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) ...

Can one name a star? Are there enough names in our cultures to label all stars? How do catalogs act as address books for some of the most lovely objects ...

NOAA has issued a Heat Advisory until 7pm. Whether it's taking advantage of a prorated BRAS membership; getting the status of all current NASA, LSU and HRPO plans; obtaining the ...

The temperature rises as summer’s constellations settle high overhead early in the night. BREC Education Program Specialist Amy Northrop takes the audience on a fascinating tour of Baton Rouge’s upcoming ...

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 ...

The ARRL Field Day program is not affected by rain. One section of the electromagnetic spectrum gets all the love, as tens of thousands of "hams" ascend to the radio ...