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) ...

Friday Night Lecture Series: “The Shackleton Expedition”

Highland Road Park Observatory

The only continent never permanently settled, Antarctica is brutal to visitors. Ernest Shackleton and his crew experienced an astounding and terrifying adventure as their ship Endurance crossed the Arctic Circle ...

Evening Sky Viewing

Highland Road Park Observatory

HRPO will close at 9:45pm as NOAA's Dense Fog Advisory begins at 10pm. Sunset, 5:07pm CST. Twilight Ends, 6:31pm CST. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take ...